Yarbrough Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Bartow County, Georgia (34.4° N, 84.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 84.9° W)

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When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Primary reference: R. A. Martin and J. M. Sneed. 1989. Late Pleistocene records of caribou and elk from Georgia and Alabama. Georgia Journal of Science 47:117-122 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84189: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus cf. compressus Leconte 1848 peccary
Mylohyus cf. nasutus Leidy 1868 peccary