Norris Dam Cave No. 2 (Holocene of the United States)
Where: Anderson County, Tennessee (36.1° N, 84.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 84.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
• "These deposits were shallow, less than 30 cm in depth."
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 11-14 August 1978
Primary reference: J. E. Guilday. 1978. Pleistocene Paleontological Sites in Appalachian Caves. Research Reports - National Geographic Society 19:239-242 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 124322: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 11.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
| Mammalia | |
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Glaucomys sp. Thomas 1908 flying squirrel
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog | |
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Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat | |
| Aves | |
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Aves indet. bird | |