Little Beaver Cave - A2-L1 collection (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Where: Phelps County, Missouri (37.6° N, 91.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 91.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Cave sediments; A2 collection derived from test excavation (90 x 60 cm unit) excavated to depth of 44cm, in five stratigraphic levels; this collection is derived from level 1

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

• Specimens derived from sediments within Little Beaver Cave; Cave is "formed in uppermost portion of the Gasconade Formation, a dolomitic Ordovician unit." (p. 152)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

• Specimens are curated at the Illinois State Museum

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63565: authorized by Chris Bell, entered by Chris Bell on 16.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus cf. bellus
Dasypus cf. bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
See also Schubert and Graham (2000)
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
cf. Eptesicus fuscus, Myotis sp., Pipistrellus sp.
cf. Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Pipistrellus sp. Kaup 1829 pipistrelle bat
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp.
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
"Odocoileus virginiana or O. hemionus"
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae indet.
Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary
"Mylohyus nasutus or Platygonus compressus"
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitis mephitis
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Blarina sp., Blarina sp., Blarina cf. brevicauda, Cryptotis parva
Blarina sp. Gray 1838 American short-tailed shrew
"Blarina brevicauda or B. hylophaga"
Blarina sp. Gray 1838 American short-tailed shrew
Blarina cf. brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew
Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
cf. Sciurus sp., Spermophilus sp., Marmota sp., Tamias cf. striatus
cf. Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
"Spermophilus (Ictidomys) sp."
Marmota sp. Frisch 1775 marmot
Tamias cf. striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
 Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon dorsatum
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp.
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Peromyscus sp., Neotoma sp., Neotoma cf. floridana, Synaptomys cooperi, Microtus sp., Microtus sp., Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus, "Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Neotoma cf. floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
"Microtus ochrogaster or M. pinetorum"
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
"Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes Pallas 1811 vole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp.
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit