UCMP V91012 Crystal Caverns (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Limestone Cave, Crystal Cosumnes Cave, Cosumnes Crystal Cave, and Crystal Cave

Where: El Dorado County, California (38.6° N, 120.6° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 120.6° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gravel and claystone

• an approximately 15–20 cm thick deposit of fine gravel and oxidized yellow-red clay 60 × 15 cm in areal extent, capped by a 5-10 cm thick flowstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: permineralized

Collected by B. Garrison and D.A. Lawler in 1991; reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: K. M. Magoulick, P. A. Holroyd, and J. R. Southon. 2022. Radiocarbon dates from the mammal fauna of Crystal Caverns, El Dorado County, California. Radiocarbon 1-7 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 225801: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 31.05.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Myriapoda
 Diplopoda -
Diplopoda indet.
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Gnathostomata
  -
Osteichthyes indet.
Amphibia
  -
Amphibia indet.
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
Aves
  -
Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
 Neornithes -
Strigiformes indet.
Strigiformes indet. Wagler 1830 owl
 Falconiformes -
Falconiformes indet.
 Galliformes - Odontophoridae
Callipepla sp.
Callipepla sp. Wagler 1832 crested quail
Reptilia
 Sauria -
Sauria indet.
 Serpentes -
Serpentes indet.
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Euceratherium collinum
Euceratherium collinum Furlong and Sinclair 1904 shrub ox
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus hemionus
Odocoileus hemionus Rafinesque 1817 mule deer
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Spilogale sp., Mephitis mephitis
Spilogale sp. Gray 1865 skunk
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Martes americana
Martes americana Kerr 1792 American marten
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma sp., Peromyscus sp.
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Aplodontia rufa
Aplodontia rufa Rafinesque 1817 mountain beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Otospermophilus sp., Tamiasciurus sp.
Otospermophilus sp. Brandt 1844 squirrel
Tamiasciurus sp. Trouessart 1880 squirrel
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp.
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp.
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare