Little Beaver Cave - MVC collection: Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene, Missouri
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Didelphis virginiana
Kerr 1792
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| originally entered as "Didelphis virginianus" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx jeffersonii
(Desmarest 1822)
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Dasypus cf. bellus
(Simpson 1929)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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cf. Sciurus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Marmota sp.
Frisch 1775
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys sp.
Rafinesque 1817
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neotoma sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus nasutus
(Leidy 1868)
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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| probably derived from historical grazing stock | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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| "Odocoileus virginianus or O. hemionus" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela cf. frenata
Lichtenstein 1831
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| recombined as Neogale frenata | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Mephitis mephitis
(Schreber 1776)
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scalopus aquaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Missouri | County: | Phelps |
| Coordinates: | 37.6° North, 91.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.6° North, 91.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 260 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene |
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Cave sediments; MVC (Milton Varney Collection) locality details are not published |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Geology comments: Specimens derived from surface pick-up and sediments within Little Beaver Cave; Cave is "formed in uppermost portion of the Gasconade Formation, a dolomitic Ordovician unit." (p. 152) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Specimens are curated at the Illinois State Museum | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 63563 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Bell | Enterer: | C. Bell |
| Modifier: | C. Bell | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-16 19:02:30 | Last modified: | 2006-08-16 22:09:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-16 19:02:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18288. | B. W. Schubert. 2003. A late Pleistocene and early Holocene mammalian fauna from Little Beaver Cave, Central Ozarks, Missouri. Pp. 149-200 in Ice Age Cave Faunas of North America (B. W. Schubert, J. I. Mead, and R. W. Graham, eds.). Indiana University Press, Bloomington. [C. Bell/C. Bell] |