Natchez Ravines (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Mississippi (31.6° N, 91.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 91.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestriallithified

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Leidy. 1853. Description of an extinct species of American Lion: Felis atrox. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 10:319-321 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 161194: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 02.09.2014, edited by Ashley Lunsford

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Felis atrox" = Panthera leo atrox
"Felis atrox" = Panthera leo atrox Leidy 1853 lion
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp., "Ursus amplidens" = Ursus americanus
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
"Ursus amplidens" = Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
  - Mylodontidae
Mylodon sp. Owen 1859 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate