The First American Bank Site Feature 7: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Tennessee
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Coluber sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Smilodon floridanus
(Leidy 1889)
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| synonym of Smilodon fatalis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus nasutus
(Leidy 1868)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus cf. aquaticus
(Bachman 1837)
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Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Didelphis virginiana
Kerr 1792
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| originally entered as "Didelphis virginianus" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Tennessee | County: | Davidson |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 86.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.2° North, 86.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 133 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
| Geology comments: Fissure-fill sediments exposed (and partially disturbed) during excavation of First American Bank site | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 63427 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Bell | Enterer: | C. Bell |
| Modifier: | C. Bell | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-14 15:23:19 | Last modified: | 2006-08-14 18:43:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-14 15:23:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18245. | 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] |