Sassafras Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Oklahoma
collected by C. Russell, S. Russell 2001
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Myotis sp.
Kaup 1829
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Pipistrellus subflavus
(Cuvier 1832)
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Lasionycteris noctivagans
(Le Conte 1831)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus veroensis
Sellards 1918
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| recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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| compared to pinetorum and ochrogaster | ||||||||||
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Reithrodontomys sp.
Giglioli 1874
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Tamias striatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Caudata indet.
Scopoli 1777
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Oklahoma | County: | Adair |
| Coordinates: | 35.8° North, 94.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.8° North, 94.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "late Rancholabrean (late Pleistocene)... the sediments had accumulated... to a depth of at least 1.6 m" AMS dating on tapir bone was attempted but did not succeed | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown unlithified sandy claystone |
| Lithology description: "in a mud bank on the floor of the main passage... unconsolidated sediments... red brown, yellow brown, and dark brown sandy clay interspersed with structureless blebs of bright red clay" | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: "possibly accumulated in an ephemeral subterranean pond behind a pile of breakdown boulders that presently occupies the passage, forming a dam" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),sieve,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C. Russell, S. Russell | Collection dates: | 2001 |
| Collection method comments: vertebrates other than the tapir were recovered by "screenwashing" | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | OMNH Locality V566 | ||
| Database number: | 93183 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-06 22:05:16 | Last modified: | 2010-01-07 00:05:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-06 22:05:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31489. | N. J. Czaplewski, W. L. Puckette, and C. Russell. 2002. A Pleistocene tapir and associated mammals from the southwestern Ozark Highland. 64(2):97-107 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |