Conard Fissure (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Newton County, Arkansas (36.0° N, 93.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 93.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: J. W. Gidley and C. L. Gazin. 1938. The Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Cumberland Cave, Maryland. United States National Museum Bulletin 171:1-99 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 20290: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Terri Cleary, Grace Varnham and Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• "Microtus ochrogaster" is presumably not present
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Thamnophis sirtalis2, Elaphe sp.2, Elaphe vulpina2, Elaphe guttata2, Pituophis sp.3, Pituophis melanoleucus2, Coluber flagellum2, Coluber sp.2, Coluber cf. constrictor3, Coluber constrictor2, Lampropeltis doliata2, Lampropeltis getulus2, Lampropeltis ? calligaster2, Carphophis sp.2, Heterodon sp.2
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Mammalia | |
"Myotis leibi" = Myotis leibii4 Audubon and Bachman 1842 vesper bat a bat; presumably = "M. subulatus(?)"
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Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog | |
Ondatra annectens, Microtus paroperarius, Pitymys cumberlandensis1, "Pedomys llanensis" = Microtus llanensis1, Neotoma ozarkensis, Peromyscus sp., Reithrodontomys sp.
Ondatra annectens Brown 1908 muskrat
Microtus paroperarius Hibbard 1944 vole
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse | |
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Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine | |
Lepus ? americanus Erxleben 1777 snowshoe hare
Sylvilagus ? floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail | |
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole | |
Sorex fumeus Miller 1895 smoky shrew
Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew includes type of "B. ozarkensis": see Jones et al. 1984
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"Equus ? scotti" = Equus mexicanus
"Equus ? scotti" = Equus mexicanus Hibbard 1955 horse | |
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Panthera onca4 Linnaeus 1758 jaguar suggested by Simpson 1941b, and called into question by Seymour 1993
Lynx rufus4 Schreber 1777 bobcat presumably includes "L. compressus"; also mentioned by Werdelin 1985
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"Martes diluviana" = Pekania diluviana4, "Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata4, "Mustela vison" = Neogale vison, Mustela erminea4
"Martes diluviana" = Pekania diluviana4 Cope 1889 mustelid carnivore presumably includes "M. pennanti" (also suspected by Hall 1936)
"Mustela vison" = Neogale vison Schreber 1777 mink | |
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
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