Ruby Falls Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Hamilton County, Tennessee (35.0° N, 85.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 85.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Primary reference: P. W. Parmalee and R. W. Graham. 2002. Additional records of the giant beaver, Castoroides, from the Mid-South: Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina. Smithsonian Contribution to Paleobiology 93:65-71 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 84183: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.09.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
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Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar | |
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Castoroides sp. Foster 1838 giant beaver | |