Little Beaver Cave - A1-L3 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; A1 collection derived from test excavation (80 x 90 cm unit) excavated to depth of 18cm, in three stratigraphic levels; this collection is for level 3

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 63567: authorized by Chris Bell, entered by Chris Bell on 16.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus compressus
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848 peccary
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Sorex sp., Blarina sp.
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Blarina sp. Gray 1838 American short-tailed shrew
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamias cf. striatus, Marmota sp., Spermophilus sp.
Tamias cf. striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Marmota sp. Frisch 1775 marmot
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
"Spermophilus (Ictidomys)"
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Peromyscus sp., "Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes, Microtus sp., Microtus sp., Microtus cf. xanthognathus, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus, Synaptomys cooperi, Neotoma sp., Neotoma cf. floridana
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
"Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes Pallas 1811 vole
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
"Microtus ochrogaster or M. Pinetorum"
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Microtus cf. xanthognathus Leach 1815 taiga vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Neotoma cf. floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp.
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp.
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis sp.
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat