Cave ACb-3 Unit D (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Colbert County, Alabama (34.7° N, 87.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 87.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: R. S. Lively, G. L. Bell, and J. P. Lamb. 1992. Uranium-series dates from travertines associated with a late Pleistocene megafauna in ACb-3, Alabama. Southeastern Geology 33(1):1-8 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 20281: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993
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Taxonomic list
• U series date of 0.172 +/- 0.010 Ma
overlies unit H
overlies unit H
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Mammalia | |
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo | |
Megalonyx jeffersonii Desmarest 1822 Jefferson's ground sloth | |
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat | |
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
Mylohyus fossilis Leidy 1860 peccary | |
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel | |
? Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit |