Whitesburg (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Hamblen County, Tennessee (36.3° N, 83.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 82.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

• none given

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. R. Cahn. 1939. Pleistocene fossils from a cave in Anderson County, Tennessee. Journal of Mammalogy 20(2):248-250 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74240: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 31.07.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas primigenius" = Mammuthus primigenius
"Elephas primigenius" = Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp., Equus leidyi
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus leidyi Hay 1913 horse
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
"Tapirus tennesseae" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
"Tapirus tennesseae" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet., Cervus canadensis, Odocoileus virginianus
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
Cervus canadensis Erxleben 1777 elk
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus nasutus
Mylohyus nasutus Leidy 1868 peccary
 Carnivora - Ursidae
"Ursus floridanus" = Ursus americanus
"Ursus floridanus" = Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Aenocyon ? ayersi" = Aenocyon dirus
"Aenocyon ? ayersi" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus americanus
Lepus americanus Erxleben 1777 snowshoe hare
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamias striatus, Marmota monax, Sciurus carolinensis
Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus pennsylvanicus, "Neotoma pennsylvanica" = Neotoma floridana
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
"Neotoma pennsylvanica" = Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle