Sheriden Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Ohio
collected by H. G. McDonald, K. Ford 1990-1996
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervalces scotti
(Lydekker 1898)
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Rangifer tarandus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus compressus
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Arctodus simus
(Cope 1879)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela erminea
Linnaeus 1758
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Martes pennanti
(Erxleben 1777)
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| recombined as Pekania pennanti | |||||||
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Martes americana
(Kerr 1792)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex cinereus
Kerr 1792
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Sorex hoyi
Baird 1858
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| recombined as Microsorex hoyi | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides ohioensis
Foster 1838
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Erethizontidae
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Erethizon dorsatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Synaptomys borealis
(Richardson 1828)
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| recombined as Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis | |||||||
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Clethrionomys gapperi
(Vigors 1830)
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Microtus xanthognathus
(Leach 1815)
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Phenacomys intermedius
Merriam 1889
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Ohio | County: | Wyandot |
| Coordinates: | 41.0° North, 83.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.0° North, 83.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 11710 ± 220 to 11060 ± 60 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: faunal remains and artifacts are from "two layers of cave breccia (10 and 45 thick, respectively" five dates range from "11,710 +/- 220" on "bulk wood charcoal" to "11,060 +/- 60" on a bone "side scraper" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray silty,conglomeratic sandstone |
| Lithology description: "greasy, dark-gray, organic-rich... silt and sand" forms "the matrix of the breccia," which includes "boulders and cobbles" that are composed of "porous, stromatolitic, Silurian dolomite"; the two breccia layers are separated by a "wedge-shaped, banded, alluvial channel" that includes "alternating layers of gray silty-clay and red sand" | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | late glacial |
| Geology comments: cave deposits that "display evidence of alluvial transport" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,sieve | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis | ||
| Collectors: | H. G. McDonald, K. Ford | Collection dates: | 1990-1996 |
| Collection method comments: Cincinnati Museum of Natural History collection (apparently)
"All of the sediment was water-screened through a fine mesh" | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:"more than 60 species of large and small vertebrates" are present but only key mammals are mentioned | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 93334 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-14 18:55:54 | Last modified: | 2010-01-28 17:22:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-14 18:55:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31580. | K. B. Tankersley. 1997. Sheriden: a Clovis cave site in eastern North America. 12(6):713-724 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |