Eichelberger Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Florida
collected by W. Auffenberg et al. 1952-1955

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Strix varia (Barton 1799)
Brodkorb 1956
Locality B
Reptilia - Piciformes - Picidae
Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus 1758)
Brodkorb 1956
Locality B
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Icteridae
Sturnella magna (Linnaeus 1758)
Brodkorb 1956
Locality B
Reptilia - Odontophoridae
Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus 1758)
Brodkorb 1956
Locality A
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Philohela minor (Gmelin 1789)
Brodkorb 1956
original and current combination Scolopax minor
Locality B
Reptilia - Colubridae
Elaphe guttata (Linnaeus 1766)
Locality B
Pituophis melanoleucas
Locality B
Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758
Locality A
Masticophis flagellum
Locality B
Heterodon platyrhinos (Latreille 1801)
Locality B
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus giganteus
Locality B
Crotalus adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois 1799
Locality B
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835
Localities A and B
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Locality A
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Tremarctos floridanus (Gidley 1928)
Kurten 1966
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Kurten 1966
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Localities A and B
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Marion
Coordinates: 29.1° North, 82.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.5° North, 82.9° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Altitude:90 feet
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene Mammal zone: Rancholabrean
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray poorly lithified sandy "siliciclastic"
Secondary lithology:red or brown lithified argillaceous "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Most fossils from Locality B near current entrance to cave found in grayish sands somewhat cemented together. A few specimens found at Locality A in redish-brown cave earth.
Environment:cave
Geology comments: According to Auffenberg (1963), Locality A was closer to the cave opening during the Pleistocene, an opening now sealed with a mass of limestone boulders and rubble.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection
Museum repositories:FLMNH
Collectors:W. Auffenberg et al. Collection dates:1952-1955
Metadata
Also known as:UF MR004
Database number:154936
Authorizer:J. Bloch Enterer:R. Hulbert
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-03-20 18:13:15 Last modified:2014-03-20 18:13:15
Access level:the public Released:2014-03-20 18:13:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10101.5% 39920W. Auffenberg. 1963. The fossil snakes of Florida. Tulane Studies in Zoology 10(3):131-216 [J. Head/J. Head/R. Hulbert]

Secondary references:

50468 P. Brodkorb. 1956. Pleistocene birds from Eichelberger Cave. The Auk 73:136-137 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]
50467 B. Kurten. 1966. Pleistocene bears of North America I. genus Tremarctos, spectacled bears. Acta Zoologica Fennica (115)1-120 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]