PBDB Collection

Harrodsburg Crevice (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Monroe County, Indiana (39.0° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 86.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: P. W. Parmalee, P. J. Munson, and J. E. Guilday. 1978. The Pleistocene mammalian fauna of Harrodsburg Crevice, Monroe County, Indiana. NSS Bulletin 40:64-75 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 20600: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• independently reported by Volz 1977
Sangamonian, and previously reported radiocarbon ages are spurious: Munson et al. 1980

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Mammalia
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus cf. americanus Ursus cf. americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Mustela sp. Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel
Carnivora - Mephitidae	Spilogale cf. putorius, Mephitis mephitis Spilogale cf. putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis lupus³, Canis cf. latrans, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, "Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Canis lupus³ Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf Canis cf. latrans Say 1823 coyote Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox "Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf not disputed by Nowak 1979
Carnivora - Felidae	Smilodon fatalis², Panthera onca, Lynx cf. rufus Smilodon fatalis² Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar "Panthera onca augusta": Lynx cf. rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus cf. complicatus Equus cf. complicatus Leidy 1858 horse
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Platygonus cf. vetus¹ Platygonus cf. vetus¹ Leidy 1882 peccary
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Odocoileus sp.¹ Odocoileus sp.¹ Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
Theriamorpha - Talpidae	Parascalops breweri Parascalops breweri Bachman 1842 hairly-tailed vole
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Leporidae indet. Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Synaptomys cooperi, Neotoma cf. floridana, Arvicolinae indet., "Pedomys cf. ochrogaster" = Microtus ochrogaster¹ Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming Neotoma cf. floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat Arvicolinae indet. Gray 1821 vole additional "Microtus sp." "Pedomys cf. ochrogaster" = Microtus ochrogaster¹ Wagner 1842 prairie vole
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Marmota monax Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Geomys cf. bursarius Geomys cf. bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher

¹Alroy 2002; ²Munson et al. 1980; ³Volz 1977