Clinch River cave: Pleistocene, Tennessee
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides sp.
Foster 1838
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Tennessee | County: | Roane |
Coordinates: | 36.0° North, 84.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.1° North, 84.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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 |
Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 84180 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2008-09-23 11:33:47 | Last modified: | 2008-09-23 14:33:47 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-23 11:33:47 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
28175. | P. W. Parmalee and R. W. Graham. 2002. Additional records of the giant beaver, Castoroides, from the Mid-South: Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina. Smithsonian Contribution to Paleobiology 93:65-71 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |