Where: Colbert County, Alabama (34.7° N, 87.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 87.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 228,000 to 115,000 YBP
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Primary reference: R. S. Lively, G. L. Bell, and J. P. Lamb. 1992. Uranium-series dates from travertines associated with a late Pleistocene megafauna in ACb-3, Alabama. Southeastern Geology 33(1):1-8 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 20584: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
overlies unit D
"22 other small vertebrates" apparently not yet identified
Sangamonian
Mammalia | |
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo | |
Megalonyx jeffersonii Desmarest 1822 Jefferson's ground sloth | |
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Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
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