Kettle Hill Cave (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Fairfield County, Ohio (39.7° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 82.6° 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 195066: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Excludes species interpreted as modern
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx
"wild cat"
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitidae indet. Bonaparte 1845 skunk
"skunk"
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Neovison vison" = Neogale vison
"Neovison vison" = Neogale vison Schreber 1777 mink
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
"dog"
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
Cervus canadensis Erxleben 1777 elk
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Sciurus niger Linnaeus 1758 fox squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum
Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle
"snapping turtle"
 Testudines - Emydidae
Terrapene sp. Merrem 1820 box turtle
 Galliformes - Odontophoridae
Colinus virginianus Linnaeus 1758 northern bobwhite
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Bonasa umbellus Linnaeus 1766 ruffed grouse
Tympanuchus cupido Linnaeus 1758 greater prairie chicken
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758 wild turkey
Aves
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ectopistes migratorius Linnaeus 1758 passenger pigeon
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Cygnus buccinator Richardson 1832 trumpeter swan
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822 American crow