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
Mammalia
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx jeffersonii Desmarest 1822 Jefferson's ground sloth
 Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus fossilis Leidy 1860 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
? Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit