Cave ACb-3 Unit E (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Colbert County, Alabama (34.7° N, 87.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 87.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• 228,000 to 115,000 YBP

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Primary reference: R. S. Lively, G. L. Bell, and J. P. Lamb. 1992. Uranium-series dates from travertines associated with a late Pleistocene megafauna in ACb-3, Alabama. Southeastern Geology 33(1):1-8 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 20584: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• U-series dates of 0.115 +/- 0.004 and 0.121 +/- 0.006 Ma (average = 0.118 Ma)
overlies unit D

"22 other small vertebrates" apparently not yet identified
Sangamonian
Mammalia
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx jeffersonii Desmarest 1822 Jefferson's ground sloth
 Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon fatalis2 Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus fossilis1 Leidy 1860 peccary
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides sp.2 Foster 1838 giant beaver