Twinsburg rock shelter (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Summit County, Ohio (41.3° N, 81.4° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 81.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: R. M. Goslin. 1955. Animal remains from Ohio rock shelters. The Ohio Journal of Science 55:358-362 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 195069: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.07.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Excludes species interpreted as modern
Aves
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758 wild turkey
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Strix varia Barton 1799 barred owl
Mammalia
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Napaeozapus insignis Miller 1891 woodland jumping mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
 Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx sp. Kerr 1792 lynx
"wild cat"
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Neovison vison" = Neogale vison
"Neovison vison" = Neogale vison Schreber 1777 mink
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer