The First American Bank Site General Cave Area (including dump) (Pleistocene to 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 to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Pleistocene and Holocene material; mixed provenience

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 63429: authorized by Chris Bell, entered by Chris Bell on 14.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet.
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
"Unidentified fish scales"
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus cf. floridanus, Sylvilagus cf. aquaticus
Sylvilagus cf. floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail
Sylvilagus cf. aquaticus Bachman 1837 swamp rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Pitymys sp." = Microtus, Peromyscus sp.
"Pitymys sp." = Microtus Schrank 1798 vole
"Pitymys McMurtrie (or Pedomys Baird)"
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys cf. bursarius
Geomys cf. bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp.
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitis mephitis
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Smilodon floridanus" = Smilodon fatalis, Lynx rufus
"Smilodon floridanus" = Smilodon fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus cf. virginianus
Odocoileus cf. virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus nasutus
Mylohyus nasutus Leidy 1868 peccary
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole
"S. a. cf. machrinus"
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Blarina brevicauda
Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon
Reptilia
 Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Kinosternon sp.
Kinosternon sp. von Spix 1824 mud turtle
 Serpentes -
Serpentes indet.
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Crotalus sp., Agkistrodon sp.
Crotalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 rattlesnake
Agkistrodon sp. Huxley 1865 cottonmouth
 Squamata - Colubridae
Thamnophis cf. sirtalis, Coluber sp., Pituophis sp.
Thamnophis cf. sirtalis Linnaeus garter snake
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer
Pituophis sp. Holbrook 1842 gopher snake
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo sp.
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad