Sicily Island (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Catahoula County, Louisiana (32.0° N, 91.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 91.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Arata and G. L. Harmann. 1966. Fossil Ursus reported as early man in Louisiana. Tulane Studies in Geology 4(2):75-77 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 162635: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 30.09.2014
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"Euarctos americanus" = Ursus americanus
"Euarctos americanus" = Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear early news reports in 1951 identified this specimen as a Neanderthal
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