Cheek Bend Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as 40MU261

Where: Maury County, Tennessee (35.6° N, 86.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 86.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• "in the bottom 2 m" of the excavation; "late Pleistocene" in age based on fauna, but "Late Wisconsinan" according to Parmalee and Klippel 1982

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments

• "soil" that forms a "fill"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1978 - 1979

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: P. W. Parmalee and W. E. Klippel. 1981. Remains of the wood turtle Clemmys insculpta (Le Conte) from a late Pleistocene deposit in Middle Tennessee. American Midland Naturalist 105(2):413-416 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82890: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 03.08.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• there are "many thousands of vertebrate and mollus remains" but the list focuses on extralimital species
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Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
"Clemmys insculpta" = Glyptemys insculpta
"Clemmys insculpta" = Glyptemys insculpta Le Conte 1830 wood turtle
Aves
 Passeriformes - Icteridae
Sturnella sp.
Sturnella sp. Vieillot 1816 meadowlark
 Passeriformes - Alaudidae
Eremophila alpestris
Eremophila alpestris Linnaeus 1759 horned lark
 Passeriformes - Tyrannidae
Sayornis phoebe
Sayornis phoebe Latham 1790 eastern phoebe
 Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Pipilo erythrophthalmus, Zonotrichia albicollis
Pipilo erythrophthalmus Linnaeus 1758 eastern towhee
Zonotrichia albicollis Gmelin 1789 white-throated sparrow
 Passeriformes - Sittidae
Sitta canadensis
Sitta canadensis Linnaeus 1766 red-breasted nuthatch
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Turdus migratorius
Turdus migratorius Linnaeus 1758 American robin
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Perisoreus canadensis, Cyanocitta cristata
Perisoreus canadensis Linnaeus 1766 Canada jay
Cyanocitta cristata Linnaeus 1758 blue jay
 Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Pinicola enucleator, "Carduelis pinus" = Spinus pinus, "Carpodacus purpureus" = Haemorhous purpureus
Pinicola enucleator Linnaeus 1758 pine grosbeak
"Carduelis pinus" = Spinus pinus Wilson 1810 pine siskin
"Carpodacus purpureus" = Haemorhous purpureus Gmelin 1789 purple finch
 Caprimulgiformes - Apodidae
Chaetura pelagica
Chaetura pelagica Linnaeus 1758 chimney swift
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Coturnicops noveboracensis Gmelin 1789 yellow rail
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ectopistes migratorius
Ectopistes migratorius Linnaeus 1758 passenger pigeon
 Piciformes - Picidae
Picoides villosus, Colaptes auratus, Melanerpes carolinus
Picoides villosus Linnaeus 1766 hairy woodpecker
Colaptes auratus Linnaeus 1758 northern flicker
Melanerpes carolinus Linnaeus 1758 red-bellied woodpecker
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Surnia ulula, Strix varia, Aegolius funereus, Aegolius acadicus
Surnia ulula Linnaeus 1758 northern hawk owl
Strix varia Barton 1799 barred owl
Aegolius funereus Linnaeus 1758 boreal owl
Aegolius acadicus Gmelin 1788 northern saw-whet owl
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
"Philohela minor" = Scolopax minor, "Capella gallinago" = Gallinago gallinago
"Philohela minor" = Scolopax minor Gmelin 1789 American woodcock
"Capella gallinago" = Gallinago gallinago Linnaeus 1758 common snipe
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
Falco sparverius
Falco sparverius Linnaeus 1758 American kestrel
Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Bonasa umbellus, Tympanuchus cupido, "Pedioecetes phasianellus" = Tympanuchus phasianellus
Bonasa umbellus Linnaeus 1766 ruffed grouse
Tympanuchus cupido Linnaeus 1758 greater prairie chicken
"Pedioecetes phasianellus" = Tympanuchus phasianellus Linnaeus 1758 sharp-tailed grouse
Mammalia
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Sorex arcticus, Sorex palustris, Microsorex hoyi
Sorex arcticus Kerr 1792 arctic shrew
Sorex palustris Richardson 1828 American water shrew
Microsorex hoyi Baird 1858 American pygmy shrew
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Glaucomys sabrinus, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Glaucomys sabrinus Shaw 1801 northern flying squirrel
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp.
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Clethrionomys gapperi, Phenacomys intermedius, Microtus xanthognathus
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889 western heather vole
Microtus xanthognathus Leach 1815 taiga vole