Moosy Creek: Pleistocene, Tennessee
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Tennessee | County: | Jefferson |
| Coordinates: | 36.1° North, 83.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.2° North, 83.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: none given | |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Mossy Creek | ||
| Database number: | 74241 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-07-31 21:30:06 | Last modified: | 2007-08-01 00:30:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-07-31 21:30:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24936. | A. R. Cahn. 1939. Pleistocene fossils from a cave in Anderson County, Tennessee. Journal of Mammalogy 20(2):248-250 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |