A fossil deposit in a cave in St. Louis

Title Variants

Alternative: Fossil deposit in cave in St. Louis

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 1408

By

Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984

Whitaker, George O.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, American Museum of Natural History, [1949]

Notes

Title from caption.

"February 4, 1949."

"The fossil deposit occurs in Cherokee Cave (formerly the Lemp Brewery Cave) in the southeastern part of St. Louis, about six blocks from the river front and in a limestone ridge that rises above the river level"--p. 2.

"The fauna ... includes no striking novelties, but one member, a woodchuck, represents a hitherto unknown subspecific group to which a name, Marmota monax hessi, is given ... A large extinct armadillo ... is the most unusual member of the fauna and sets a new record for the northward extension of armadillos ... great majority of the fossils represent the common Pleistocene peccary Platygonus compressus."

"In itself the fauna is not conclusive as to age, but it suggests late Pleistocene or early Recent"--p. 10.

Specimens examined at the site by the author and George O. Whitaker.

Subjects

56.9(77.8) , Mammals, Fossil , Missouri , Paleontology , Quaternary , Saint Louis

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.1408, 1949

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 31839400