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Cave ACb-3 Unit D, Colbert County, Alabama, USA

Mindat.org Locality Page	Colbert County, Alabama, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal)	34.7,-87.9
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on political unit
Given Location	Alabama, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Colbert County, Alabama, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Comments	Lithology	Age
Cave ACb-3 Unit E	Lively R. S., Bell G. L., et al (1992)	228,000 to 115,000 YBP	not reported	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Cave ACb-3 Unit D	Lively R. S., Bell G. L., et al (1992)			1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Cave ACb-3 Unit H	Lively R. S., Bell G. L., et al (1992)			1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Odocoileus virginianus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : Odocoileus : *Odocoileus virginianus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Mylohyus fossilis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Mylohyus : *Mylohyus fossilis*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Canis sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : *Canis*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Lynx rufus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Lynx : *Lynx rufus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Smilodon fatalis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Smilodon : *Felis fatalis*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Spilogale putorius species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mephitidae : Spilogale : *Spilogale putorius*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Chiroptera order	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Dasypus bellus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Dasypus : *Dasypus bellus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Sylvilagus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : *Sylvilagus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Blarina sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : *Blarina*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Tapirus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Tapiridae : *Tapirus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Castoroides sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Castoridae : *Castoroides*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Microtus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Microtus*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Neotoma sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Neotoma*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Sciuridae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene
Megalonyx jeffersonii species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Megalonychidae : Megalonyx : *Megalonyx jeffersonii*	1.8 - 0.3 Ma Pleistocene

References

Lively R. S., Bell G. L., et al (1992) Uranium-series dates from travertines associated with a late Pleistocene megafauna in ACb-3, Alabama, Southeastern Geology 33 1, 1-8

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Parmalee P. W., Graham R. W. (2002) Additional records of the giant beaver, Castoroides, from the Mid-South: Alabama, Tennessee, and South Carolina, Smithsonian Contribution to Paleobiology 93, 65-71

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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