The First American Bank Site Feature 7 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Davidson County, Tennessee (36.2° N, 86.8° W: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 86.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; siliciclastic sediments

• Fissure-fill sediments exposed (and partially disturbed) during excavation of First American Bank site

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. E. Guilday. 1977. Sabertooth cat, Smilodon floridanus (Leidy), and associated fauna from a Tennessee Cave (40 Dv 40), the First American Bank site. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 52(3):84-94 [J. Head/J. Head]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63427: authorized by Chris Bell, entered by Chris Bell on 14.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus cf. aquaticus
Sylvilagus cf. aquaticus Bachman 1837 swamp rabbit
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp.
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Smilodon floridanus" = Smilodon fatalis
"Smilodon floridanus" = Smilodon fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus nasutus
Mylohyus nasutus Leidy 1868 peccary
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphis virginiana
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum
originally entered as "Didelphis virginianus"
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Coluber sp.
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer