Bushey Cavern: Pleistocene, Maryland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Smilodontopis mooreheadi
Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota monax (Linnaeus 1758)
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788
Sciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777
recombined as Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Sciurus tenuidens Hay 1920
synonym of Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma magister Baird 1858
synonym of Neotoma floridana
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Ondatra zibethica (Linnaeus 1766)
recombined as Ondatra zibethicus
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus floridanus (Allen 1890)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus giganteus Gidley 1901
Equus complicatus Leidy 1858
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus exortivus Gidley 1920
synonym of Mylohyus fossilis
Mylohyus obtusidens Hay 1920
nomen dubium belonging to Mylohyus
Mylohyus nasutus (Leidy 1868)
Platygonus tetragonus
Platygonus vetus Leidy 1882
Platygonus cumberlandensis Gidley 1920
synonym of Platygonus vetus
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Sangamona fugitiva Hay 1920
nomen vanum belonging to Cervidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis couguar Kerr 1792
synonym of Puma concolor
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas columbi Falconer 1857
recombined as Mammuthus columbi
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus horridus Linnaeus 1758
    = Crotalus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gilmore 1938
USNM 9157, two thoracic vertebrae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Maryland County:Washington
Coordinates: 39.6° North, 77.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.7° North, 77.4° West
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:126660
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Barrett Enterer:M. Shalap, T. Cleary
Modifier:M. Uhen
Created:2012-04-10 23:18:44 Last modified:2014-12-04 10:15:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-04-10 23:18:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41113. O. P. Hay. 1920. Descriptions of some Pleistocene vertebrates found in the United States. Proceedings of The United States National Museum 58:83-146 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

14699 C. W. Gilmore. 1938. Fossil snakes of North America. Geological Society of America Special Paper (9)1-96 [J. Head/J. Head]