Cheek Bend Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Tennessee
collected 1978 - 1979
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Strigidae
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Strix varia
(Barton 1799)
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Surnia ulula
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Aegolius acadicus
(Gmelin 1788)
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Aegolius funereus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Piciformes
- Picidae
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Colaptes auratus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Picoides villosus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Melanerpes carolinus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Columbiformes
- Columbidae
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Ectopistes migratorius
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Coturnicops noveboracensis
(Gmelin 1789)
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Icteridae
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Sturnella sp.
Vieillot 1816
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Tyrannidae
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Sayornis phoebe
(Latham 1790)
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Passerellidae
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Zonotrichia albicollis
(Gmelin 1789)
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Pipilo erythrophthalmus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Fringillidae
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Pinicola enucleator
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Carduelis pinus
(Wilson 1810)
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recombined as Spinus pinus | |||||||
Carpodacus purpureus
(Gmelin 1789)
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recombined as Haemorhous purpureus | |||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Perisoreus canadensis
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Cyanocitta cristata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Alaudidae
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Eremophila alpestris
(Linnaeus 1759)
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Sittidae
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Sitta canadensis
Linnaeus 1766
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Turdidae
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Turdus migratorius
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Caprimulgiformes
- Apodidae
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Chaetura pelagica
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Falconidae
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Falco sparverius
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Capella gallinago
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Gallinago gallinago | |||||||
Philohela minor
(Gmelin 1789)
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original and current combination Scolopax minor | |||||||
Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Bonasa umbellus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Pedioecetes phasianellus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Tympanuchus phasianellus | |||||||
Tympanuchus cupido
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Clemmys insculpta
(Le Conte 1830)
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recombined as Glyptemys insculpta | |||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Microsorex hoyi
(Baird 1858)
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original and current combination Sorex hoyi | |||||||
Sorex palustris
Richardson 1828
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Sorex arcticus
Kerr 1792
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
(Erxleben 1777)
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Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
(Mitchell 1821)
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Glaucomys sabrinus
(Shaw 1801)
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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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Phenacomys intermedius
Merriam 1889
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Clethrionomys gapperi
(Vigors 1830)
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Microtus xanthognathus
(Leach 1815)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Tennessee | County: | Maury |
Coordinates: | 35.6° North, 86.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.6° North, 86.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "in the bottom 2 m" of the excavation; "late Pleistocene" in age based on fauna, but "Late Wisconsinan" according to Parmalee and Klippel 1982 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
Lithology description: "soil" that forms a "fill" | |
Environment: | cave |
Glacial or sequence phase: | late glacial |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | Collection dates: | 1978 - 1979 |
Taxonomic list comments:there are "many thousands of vertebrate and mollus remains" but the list focuses on extralimital species |
Metadata
Also known as: | 40MU261 | ||
Database number: | 82890 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2008-08-03 14:25:04 | Last modified: | 2010-01-06 15:43:54 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-08-03 14:25:04 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
27862. | P. W. Parmalee and W. E. Klippel. 1981. Remains of the wood turtle Clemmys insculpta (Le Conte) from a late Pleistocene deposit in Middle Tennessee. American Midland Naturalist 105(2):413-416 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
31483 | P. W. Parmalee and W. E. Klippel. 1981. A Late Pleistocene population of the pocket gopher, Geomys cf. bursarius, in the Nashville Basin, Tennessee. Journal of Mammalogy 62(4):831-835 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
27864 | P. W. Parmalee and W. E. Klippel. 1982. Evidence of a Boreal Avifauna in Middle Tennessee during the Late Pleistocene. The Auk 99(2):365-368 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |