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: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Pleistocene and Holocene material; mixed provenience
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 63429: authorized by Chris Bell, entered by Chris Bell on 14.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
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Mammalia | |
Lynx rufus, "Smilodon floridanus" = Smilodon fatalis
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
"Smilodon floridanus" = Smilodon fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat | |
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk | |
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Odocoileus cf. virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Mylohyus nasutus Leidy 1868 peccary | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
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Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew | |
Peromyscus sp., "Pitymys sp." = Microtus
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse | |
Geomys cf. bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher | |
Sylvilagus cf. floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail
Sylvilagus cf. aquaticus Bachman 1837 swamp rabbit | |
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon | |
Reptilia | |
Kinosternon sp. von Spix 1824 mud turtle | |
Serpentes indet. snake | |
Crotalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 rattlesnake
Agkistrodon sp. Huxley 1865 cottonmouth | |
Pituophis sp. Holbrook 1842 gopher snake
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer
Thamnophis cf. sirtalis Linnaeus garter snake | |
Amphibia | |
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad |