Hawver Cave: Late Pleistocene, California
collected by J. C. Hawver 1906-1909

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Jefferson 1991
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768
Jefferson 1991
Reptilia - Theropoda - Odontophoridae
Oreortyx picta (Douglas 1829)
Miller 1911
Lophortyx californica (Shaw 1798)
Miller 1911
Reptilia - Theropoda - Accipitridae
Archibuteo ferrugineus (Lichtenstein 1836)
Miller 1911
Geranoaetus sp. Kaup 1844
Miller 1911
    = Urubitinga milleri n. sp. Howard 1932
Howard 1932
Reptilia - Theropoda - Picidae
Colaptes cafer (Gmelin 1788)
Miller 1911
Reptilia - Theropoda - Icteridae
Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler 1829)
Miller 1911
Reptilia - Theropoda - Corvidae
Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmelin 1788)
Miller 1911
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758
Miller 1911
Reptilia - Theropoda - Cathartidae
Catharista shastensis Miller 1911
Miller 1911
Cathartes aura (Linnaeus 1758)
Miller 1911
Reptilia - Anguidae
Elgaria multicarinata (Blainville 1835)
Brattstrom 1953
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Sceloporus graciosus
Brattstrom 1953
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Brattstrom 1953
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Clemmys cf. marmorata (Baird and Girard 1852)
Jefferson 1991
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scapanus sp. Pomel 1848
"possibly n. sp."
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Mammalia - Bovidae
Euceratherium collinum Furlong and Sinclair 1904
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
cf. Smilodon sp. Lund 1841
only represented by partial fibula
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
"probably n. sp.", larger than F. hawveri
Felis hawveri n. sp. Stock 1918
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis ochropus Eschscholtz 1829
Canis cf. dirus Leidy 1858
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitis occidentalis Baird 1858
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon psora
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
"probably n. sp."
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Peromyscus boylei
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Neotoma fuscipes Baird 1858
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
cf. Aplodontia sp. Richardson 1829
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Citellus beecheyi
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut sp. Blumenbach 1799
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Mylodon harlani (Owen 1840)
Mammalia - Nothrotheriidae
Nothrotherium shastense Sinclair 1905
described as new subspecies N. shastense hawveri
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
cf. Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:El Dorado
Coordinates: 38.9° North, 121.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.9° North, 121.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:1300 feet
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pleistocene Mammal zone:  Rancholabrean
Age range of interval: 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous breccia
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:J. C. Hawver Collection dates:1906-1909
Metadata
Database number:155409
Authorizer:J. Bloch, P. Holroyd Enterer:R. Hulbert, P. Holroyd
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-04-11 17:51:08 Last modified:2022-06-10 12:10:21
Access level:the public Released:2014-04-11 17:51:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
50720. C. Stock. 1918. The Pleistocene fauna of Hawver Cave. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(24):461-515 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]

Secondary references:

64990 B. H. Brattstrom. 1953. Records of Pleistocene Reptiles from California. Copeia 1953(3):174-179 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
88272 H. Howard. 1932. Eagles and eagle-like vultures of the Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea. Contributions to Palaeontology from Carnegie Institution of Washington 429:1-82 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
76348 G. T. Jefferson. 1991. A catalogue of late Quaternary vertebrates from California: Part One, nonmarine lower vertebrate and avian taxa. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports 5:1-60 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
50709 L. H. Miller. 1911. Avifauna of the Pleistocene cave deposits of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 6(16):385-400 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]