Ash Cave (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Hocking County, Ohio (39.4° N, 82.5° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 82.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: R. M. Goslin. 1955. Animal remains from Ohio rock shelters. The Ohio Journal of Science 55:358-362 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 195065: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ectopistes migratorius
Ectopistes migratorius Linnaeus 1758 passenger pigeon
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas sp.
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758 wild turkey
 Testudines - Emydidae
Terrapene sp.
Terrapene sp. Merrem 1820 box turtle
"box turtle"
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus carolinensis
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp.
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
"rabbit"
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus, Cervus canadensis
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
Cervus canadensis Erxleben 1777 elk
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitidae indet.
Mephitidae indet. Bonaparte 1845 skunk
"skunk"
 Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx sp.
Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx
"wild cat"