Ruby Falls Cave: Pleistocene, Tennessee
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus sp.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera onca
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides sp.
Foster 1838
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Tennessee | County: | Hamilton |
| Coordinates: | 35.0° North, 85.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 85.1° 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: | 84183 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-09-23 11:55:26 | Last modified: | 2008-09-23 14:55:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-23 11:55:26 |
| 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] |