Little Beaver Cave - A2-L2 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; A2 collection derived from test excavation (90 x 60 cm unit) excavated to depth of 44cm, in five stratigraphic levels; this collection is derived from level 2

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 63568: authorized by Chris Bell, entered by Chris Bell on 16.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
cf. Eptesicus fuscus, Pipistrellus sp., Myotis sp.
cf. Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat
Pipistrellus sp. Kaup 1829 pipistrelle bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex sp., Blarina sp., Blarina sp.
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Blarina sp. Gray 1838 American short-tailed shrew
"Blarina brevicauda or B. hylophaga"
Blarina sp. Gray 1838 American short-tailed shrew
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp.
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synaptomys cooperi, Peromyscus sp., Neotoma sp., Phenacomys sp., Microtus sp., Microtus sp., Microtus pennsylvanicus
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Phenacomys sp. Merriam 1889 vole
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
"Microtus ochrogaster or M. pinetorum"
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamias cf. striatus
Tamias cf. striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp.
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher