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
Strix varia (Barton 1799)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Surnia ulula (Linnaeus 1758)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Aegolius acadicus (Gmelin 1788)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Aegolius funereus (Linnaeus 1758)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Reptilia - Piciformes - Picidae
Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus 1758)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Picoides villosus (Linnaeus 1766)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus 1758)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus 1758)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Coturnicops noveboracensis (Gmelin 1789)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Icteridae
Sturnella sp. Vieillot 1816
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Tyrannidae
Sayornis phoebe (Latham 1790)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin 1789)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus 1758)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Pinicola enucleator (Linnaeus 1758)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Carduelis pinus (Wilson 1810)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
recombined as Spinus pinus
Carpodacus purpureus (Gmelin 1789)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
recombined as Haemorhous purpureus
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Perisoreus canadensis (Linnaeus 1766)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus 1758)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Alaudidae
Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus 1759)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Sittidae
Sitta canadensis Linnaeus 1766
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus migratorius Linnaeus 1758
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Reptilia - Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
Chaetura pelagica (Linnaeus 1758)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Reptilia - Falconidae
Falco sparverius Linnaeus 1758
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Capella gallinago (Linnaeus 1758)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
recombined as Gallinago gallinago
Philohela minor (Gmelin 1789)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
original and current combination Scolopax minor
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus 1766)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Pedioecetes phasianellus (Linnaeus 1758)
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
recombined as Tympanuchus phasianellus
Tympanuchus cupido (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Clemmys insculpta (Le Conte 1830)
recombined as Glyptemys insculpta
Mammalia - Soricidae
Microsorex hoyi (Baird 1858)
original and current combination Sorex hoyi
Sorex palustris Richardson 1828
Sorex arcticus Kerr 1792
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben 1777)
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus (Mitchell 1821)
Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw 1801)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889
Parmalee and Klippel 1982
Clethrionomys gapperi (Vigors 1830)
Microtus xanthognathus (Leach 1815)
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]