Where: Davidson County, Tennessee (36.2° N, 86.8° W: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 86.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• "Two C14 dates, derived from the human skeletal material, date this association: 2,390 +/- 145 years B.P. (UGA #334) and 1,690 +/- 115 years B.P. (GX 2471)." (p. 84).
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: J. E. Guilday. 1977. Sabertooth cat, Smilodon floridanus (Leidy), and associated fauna from a Tennessee Cave (40 Dv 40), the First American Bank site. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 52(3):84-94 [J. Head/J. Head]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63428: authorized by Chris Bell, entered by Chris Bell on 14.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 Virginia opossum | |
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Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew | |
Sylvilagus cf. floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail | |
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel | |
Peromyscus sp., "Pitymys sp." = Microtus
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse | |
Reptilia | |
Serpentes indet. snake | |
Carphophis sp. Gervais 1840 worm snake
Pituophis sp. Holbrook 1842 gopher snake
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838 colubrid snake | |
Agkistrodon sp. Huxley 1865 cottonmouth
Crotalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 rattlesnake | |
Aves | |
Fulica americana Gmelin 1789 American coot | |
Amphibia | |
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad |