Lookout Mountain (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Hamilton County, Tennessee (35.0° N, 85.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 85.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

• none given

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. R. Cahn. 1939. Pleistocene fossils from a cave in Anderson County, Tennessee. Journal of Mammalogy 20(2):248-250 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74244: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 31.07.2007, edited by Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon sp.1
Paramylodon sp.1 Brown 1903 edentate
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.1
Equus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp.
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera onca2
Panthera onca2 Linnaeus 1758 jaguar
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides sp.2
Castoroides sp.2 Foster 1838 giant beaver
1Alroy 2007; 2Parmalee and Graham 2002