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
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Mammalia | |
"Felis atrox" = Panthera leo atrox
"Felis atrox" = Panthera leo atrox Leidy 1853 lion | |
Ursus sp., "Ursus amplidens" = Ursus americanus
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
"Ursus amplidens" = Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer | |
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison | |
Mylodon sp. Owen 1859 edentate | |
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate |