Herculaneum Fissure: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Missouri
collected by C. Jenni, E. C. Olson, W. Read 1939
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubridae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Crotalidae indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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Reptilia
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? Alligator sp.
Daudin 1809
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx cf. jeffersoni
(Desmarest 1822)
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| recombined as Megalonyx jeffersonii | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis cf. concolor
Linnaeus 1771
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| recombined as Puma concolor | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Spilogale cf. interrupta
(Rafinesque 1820)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis dirus
Leidy 1858
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| recombined as Aenocyon dirus | ||||||||||
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Urocyon sp.
Baird 1857
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Canis latrans
Say 1823
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus sp.
Cope 1869
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Tanupolama parvus n. sp.
Olson 1940
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| nomen dubium belonging to Lamini | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirella cf. bairdi
(Gill 1865)
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= Tapirus sp.
Brisson 1762
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Lutugin 1894 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| small | ||||||||||
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Equus complicatus
Leidy 1858
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus americanus
Erxleben 1777
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Sylvilagus (Limnolagus) aquaticus
(Bachman 1837)
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| recombined as Sylvilagus aquaticus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Peromyscus cf. nuttalli
(Harlan 1832)
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| recombined as Ochrotomys nuttalli | ||||||||||
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Microtus cf. ochrogaster
(Wagner 1842)
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Neotoma pennsylvanica
Stone 1893
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| synonym of Neotoma floridana | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciurus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Missouri | County: | Jefferson |
| Coordinates: | 38.3° North, 90.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.3° North, 90.4° 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: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: considered to be "late Pleistocene" based on faunal composition the fossiliferous "clay horizon showed no sequence of faunas whatsoever" and appears to be about two feet thick in an illustrated section where it is overlain by "gravel in clay" and above that "thick layers of travertine" that sealed the fissure | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Lithology description: "fossil bearing clay" with "absolutely no pebbles or gravel" | |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
| Geology comments: "a fissure in the Plattin limestone" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,midden |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Feeding/predation traces: | tooth marks |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C. Jenni, E. C. Olson, W. Read | Collection dates: | 1939 |
| Collection method comments: University of Chicago collection
the fissure was "excavated" by Olson and Read | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Joachim Creek | ||
| Database number: | 93379 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-16 20:42:18 | Last modified: | 2010-01-16 22:42:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-16 20:42:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31599. | E. C. Olson. 1940. A late Pleistocene fauna from Herculaneum, Missouri. Journal of Geology 48(1):32-57 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |