Bushey Cavern (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Washington County, Maryland (39.6° N, 77.6° W: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 77.4° W)
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 126660: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 10.04.2012, edited by Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Sylvilagus floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail | |
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
Marmota monax, "Sciurus hudsonicus" = Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, "Sciurus tenuidens" = Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Sciurus carolinensis
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
"Sciurus hudsonicus" = Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
"Sciurus tenuidens" = Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel | |
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine | |
Microtus pennsylvanicus, "Ondatra zibethica" = Ondatra zibethicus, "Neotoma magister" = Neotoma floridana
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
"Ondatra zibethica" = Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
"Neotoma magister" = Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat | |
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear | |
"Felis couguar" = Puma concolor
"Felis couguar" = Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma | |
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
Sangamona fugitiva Hay 1920 deer | |
Platygonus tetragonus, "Platygonus vetus" = Platygonus vetus, "Platygonus cumberlandensis" = Platygonus vetus, Mylohyus nasutus, Mylohyus obtusidens, "Mylohyus exortivus" = Mylohyus fossilis
Platygonus tetragonus peccary
"Platygonus vetus" = Platygonus vetus Leidy 1882 peccary
"Platygonus cumberlandensis" = Platygonus vetus Leidy 1882 peccary
Mylohyus nasutus Leidy 1868 peccary
Mylohyus obtusidens Hay 1920 peccary
"Mylohyus exortivus" = Mylohyus fossilis Leidy 1860 peccary | |
Equus giganteus Gidley 1901 horse
Equus complicatus Leidy 1858 horse | |
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth | |
Reptilia | |
Crotalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 rattlesnake |