Holocene paleontology of bat cave, Edmonson County, Kentucky

Mona Colburn; Rickard Toomey; Chris Widga; Rick Olson

doi:10.4311/2014PA0107

Holocene paleontology of bat cave, Edmonson County, Kentucky

Mona Colburn, Rickard Toomey, Chris Widga, Rick Olson

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We report the excavation and analysis of a Chiroptera-dominated bonebed from Bat Cave, Edmonson County, Kentucky. Paleontological materials recovered in 1999 offered new insight into formation processes of the bonebed. Stratigraphic and geochronological information indicate a long, episodic history of the deposit spanning much of the Holocene. The vertebrate assemblage is dominated by Myotis spp. Although initially believed to represent a single, catastrophic kill event due to historic flooding, our results suggest that the Bat Cave bonebed was formed by a minimum of eleven accumulation events that took place between approximately 2200 and 10,800 cal BP.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	91-98
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Cave and Karst Studies
Volume	77
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4311/2014PA0107
State	Published - Aug 1 2015

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