The First American Bank Site Feature 9: Holocene, Tennessee
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Reptilia
- Serpentes
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Serpentes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Crotalus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Agkistrodon sp.
(Huxley 1865)
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nomen dubium belonging to Crocopoda | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Lampropeltis doliata
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"Lampropeltis doliata group" | ||||||||||
Coluber sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Pituophis sp.
Holbrook 1842
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Natricinae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Carphophis sp.
Gervais 1840
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Rallidae
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Fulica americana
Gmelin 1789
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciurus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Pitymys sp.
McMurtrie 1831
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synonym of Microtus | ||||||||||
"Pitymys McMurrie (or Pedomys Baird)" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus cf. floridanus
(Allen 1890)
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scalopus aquaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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"S. a. cf. machrinus" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Cryptotis parva
(Say 1823)
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Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Didelphis virginiana
Kerr 1792
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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: | Holocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: "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). |
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: | 63428 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Bell | Enterer: | C. Bell |
Modifier: | C. Bell | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-08-14 15:24:14 | Last modified: | 2006-08-14 18:48:07 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-14 15:24:14 |
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] |