Yarbrough Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus cf. nasutus
(Leidy 1868)
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Platygonus cf. compressus
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Rangifer tarandus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx sp.
Harlan 1825
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Dasypus bellus
(Simpson 1929)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Bartow |
| Coordinates: | 34.4° North, 84.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° North, 84.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 277 meters |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 84189 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-09-24 08:06:58 | Last modified: | 2008-09-24 11:06:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-24 08:06:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28182. | 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] |