Peter's Cave: Holocene, Tennessee
collected 1978
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Aves
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Aves indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Glaucomys sp.
Thomas 1908
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Marmota monax
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neotoma floridana
(Ord 1818)
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Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Tennessee | County: | Union |
Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 83.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.3° North, 83.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Lithology description: "These deposits were shallow, less than 30 cm in depth." | |
Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 8 July 1978 |
Metadata
Database number: | 124320 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Shalap |
Modifier: | M. Shalap | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-02-11 15:25:50 | Last modified: | 2012-02-10 22:40:43 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-11 15:25:50 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
39993. | J. E. Guilday. 1978. Pleistocene Paleontological Sites in Appalachian Caves. Research Reports - National Geographic Society 19:239-242 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap] |