Cave ACb-3 Unit D: Irvingtonian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Lynx rufus
(Schreber 1777)
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus nasutus
(Leidy 1868)
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= Mylohyus fossilis
Leidy 1860
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Alroy 2002 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus sp.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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? Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciuridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx jeffersonii
(Desmarest 1822)
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Dasypus bellus
(Simpson 1929)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Colbert |
Coordinates: | 34.7° North, 87.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.7° North, 87.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Irvingtonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | ACb-3 | Local bed: | 2 |
Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:U series date of 0.172 +/- 0.010 Ma overlies unit H |
Metadata
Database number: | 20281 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2254. | 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] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |