B. A. Vess Farm: Pleistocene, Tennessee
collected 1937
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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"either Rana or Bufo" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Crotalus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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"turtle" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Eptesicus fuscus
(Beauvois 1796)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Euarctos americanus
(Pallas 1780)
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original and current combination Ursus americanus | ||||||||||
"Eurarctos americanus" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Lutra canadensis
(Schreber 1776)
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recombined as Lontra canadensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Mephitis mephitis
(Schreber 1776)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus complicatus
Leidy 1858
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus sp.
Brisson 1762
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Tapirus haysii
Leidy 1860
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recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii | ||||||||||
"Tapirus haysi" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus exortivus
Gidley 1920
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synonym of Mylohyus fossilis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus floridanus
(Allen 1890)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Erethizontidae
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Erethizon dorsatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Zapodidae indet.
Coues 1875
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"Zapus or Napaeozapus" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neotoma sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Neotoma floridana
(Ord 1818)
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Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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"Ondatra zibethica" | ||||||||||
Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Didelphis virginiana
Kerr 1792
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Tennessee | County: | Anderson |
Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 84.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.2° North, 83.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: fissures "penetrating the limestone rocks" | |
Environment: | fissure fill |
Geology comments: "a vertical series of fissures" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Associated major elements: | none |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 1937 |
Collection method comments: cave discovered after the location was specified to Vess by "an elderly Indian"
material identified by unnamed researchers at the USNM and AMNH, but apparently not reposited anywhere |
Metadata
Database number: | 74246 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-07-31 21:46:17 | Last modified: | 2007-08-01 00:46:17 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-07-31 21:46:17 |
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] |