Crevice Cave: Pleistocene, Missouri

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon sp. Lund 1841
Felis onca Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Panthera onca
"F. onca augusta" (3 measurements)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Bovidae
Symbos sp. Osgood 1905
synonym of Bootherium
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut sp. Blumenbach 1799
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Missouri County:Perry
Coordinates: 37.8° North, 89.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.8° North, 89.7° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:185 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: "Pleistocene"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: gravel
Lithology description: "gravel"
Environment:cave
Geology comments: "karst" cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Central Missouri State College collection
Metadata
Database number:90752
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-08-15 16:04:45 Last modified:2009-08-15 19:04:45
Access level:the public Released:2009-08-15 16:04:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
30545. R. D. Oesch. 1969. Fossil Felidae and Machairondontidae from two Missouri Caves. Journal of Mammalogy 50(2):367-368 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]