Hawver Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: El Dorado County, California (38.9° N, 121.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 121.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rancholabrean mammal zone, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; calcareous breccia

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected by J. C. Hawver in 1906-1909; reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 155409: authorized by Jonathan Bloch, entered by Richard Hulbert on 11.04.2014, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Geranoaetus sp.3, "Archibuteo ferrugineus" = Buteo regalis3
Geranoaetus sp.3 Kaup 1844 buzzard-eagle
"Archibuteo ferrugineus" = Buteo regalis3 Gray 1844 ferruginous hawk
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
"Catharista shastensis" = Coragyps shastensis3, Cathartes aura3
"Catharista shastensis" = Coragyps shastensis3 Miller 1911 vulture
Cathartes aura3 Linnaeus 1758 turkey vulture
 Piciformes - Picidae
"Colaptes cafer" = Colaptes auratus cafer3
"Colaptes cafer" = Colaptes auratus cafer3 Gmelin 1788 northern flicker
 Passeriformes - Corvidae
Cyanocitta stelleri3, Corvus corax3
Cyanocitta stelleri3 Gmelin 1788 Steller's jay
Corvus corax3 Linnaeus 1758 common raven
 Passeriformes - Icteridae
Euphagus cyanocephalus3
Euphagus cyanocephalus3 Wagler 1829 Brewer's blackbird
 Galliformes - Odontophoridae
"Oreortyx picta" = Oreortyx pictus3, "Lophortyx californica" = Callipepla californica3
"Oreortyx picta" = Oreortyx pictus3 Douglas 1829 mountain quail
"Lophortyx californica" = Callipepla californica3 Shaw 1798 California quail
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Elgaria multicarinata1
Elgaria multicarinata1 Blainville 1835 southern alligator lizard
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Sceloporus graciosus1
Sceloporus graciosus1 spiny lizard
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Crotalus sp.1
Crotalus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 rattlesnake
 Testudines - Emydidae
"Clemmys cf. marmorata" = Emys marmorata2
"Clemmys cf. marmorata" = Emys marmorata2 Baird and Girard 1852 western pond turtle
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut sp.
Mammut sp. Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp.
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp., Euceratherium collinum
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
Euceratherium collinum Furlong and Sinclair 1904 shrub ox
 Carnivora - Felidae
cf. Smilodon sp., Felis sp., "Felis hawveri n. sp." = Puma concolor
cf. Smilodon sp. Lund 1841 saber-toothed cat
only represented by partial fibula
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
"probably n. sp.", larger than F. hawveri
"Felis hawveri n. sp." = Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus, "Canis ochropus" = Canis latrans
"Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
"Canis ochropus" = Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp.
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon psora
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
"Mephitis occidentalis" = Mephitis mephitis
"Mephitis occidentalis" = Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scapanus sp.
Scapanus sp. Pomel 1848 mole
"possibly n. sp."
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma fuscipes, Peromyscus boylei, Microtus sp.
Neotoma fuscipes Baird 1858 dusky-footed woodrat
Peromyscus boylei deer mouse
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp.
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
cf. Aplodontia sp.
cf. Aplodontia sp. Richardson 1829 mountain beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Citellus beecheyi" = Spermophilus
"Citellus beecheyi" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp.
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
"probably n. sp."
  - Mylodontidae
"Mylodon harlani" = Paramylodon harlani
"Mylodon harlani" = Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
cf. Megalonyx sp.
cf. Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
Nothrotherium shastense
Nothrotherium shastense Sinclair 1905 Shasta ground sloth
described as new subspecies N. shastense hawveri
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo sp.2
Bufo sp.2 Laurenti 1768 toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.2
Rana sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 frog
1Brattstrom 1953; 2Jefferson 1991; 3Miller 1911