Whitesburg: Pleistocene, Tennessee
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo munda
Hay 1920
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= Testudinidae indet.
Batsch 1788
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas primigenius
Blumenbach 1799
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| recombined as Mammuthus primigenius | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus floridanus
Merriam 1896
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| synonym of Ursus americanus | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Aenocyon ? ayersi
(Sellards 1916)
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| synonym of Aenocyon dirus | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus littoralis
Hay 1913
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= Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Alroy 2007 | ||||||
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Equus leidyi
Hay 1913
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| nomen vanum belonging to Equus | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus tennesseae
Hay 1920
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| synonym of Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus nasutus
(Leidy 1868)
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Sangamona fugitiva
Hay 1920
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= Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2007 | ||||||
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Cervus canadensis
Erxleben 1777
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus americanus
Erxleben 1777
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neotoma pennsylvanica
Stone 1893
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| synonym of Neotoma floridana | |||||||
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Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord 1815)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciurus carolinensis
Gmelin 1788
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Marmota monax
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Tamias striatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Tennessee | County: | Hamblen |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 83.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.3° North, 82.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: none given | |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 74240 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-07-31 21:29:22 | Last modified: | 2007-08-01 00:29:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-07-31 21:29:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24936. | A. R. Cahn. 1939. Pleistocene fossils from a cave in Anderson County, Tennessee. Journal of Mammalogy 20(2):248-250 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 19636 | J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |