Pellucidar Cave II (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (50.4° N, 127.0° W: paleocoordinates 50.4° N, 127.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• date on bone of "12,070 +/- 70 radiocarbon years... early postglacial"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; limestone

• "surface [limestone] rock rubble"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: D. W. Nagorsen and G. Keddie. 2000. Late Pleistocene mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) from Vancouver Island: biogeographic implications. Journal of Mammalogy 81(3):666-675 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74496: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.08.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Buteo jamaicensis
Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin 1788 red-tailed hawk
Mammalia
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Sorex sp.
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus hemionus
Odocoileus hemionus Rafinesque 1817 mule deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Oreamnos americanus
Oreamnos americanus Blainville 1816 mountain goat
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
cf. Marmota vancouverensis
cf. Marmota vancouverensis Swarth 1911 marmot
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus sp., Peromyscus sp.
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis sp.
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
cf. Bufo sp.
cf. Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad