Boone rock shelter and camp site (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Jackson County, Ohio (39.1° N, 82.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 82.7° 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 195067: 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
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque 1819 freshwater drum
 Teleostei -
Siluriformes indet. catfish
"catfish"
Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 mallard
Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758 wild turkey
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitidae indet. Bonaparte 1845 skunk
 Carnivora - Felidae
Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
Cervus canadensis Erxleben 1777 elk
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unionidae indet. Rafinesque 1820 freshwater mussel