Glenns Ferry (Bruneau Formation) (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Elmore County, Idaho (43.0° N, 115.7° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 115.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: H. E. Malde and H. A. Powers. 1962. Upper Cenozoic Stratigraphy of Western Snake River Plain, Idaho. Geological Society America Bulletin 73 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
PaleoDB collection 20343: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
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Taxonomic list
• fm. dated at 1.35 (= 1.39) +/- 0.07 Ma by Armstrong et al. 1975 (whole-rock KA); six other dates yielded > 10% errors and averaged 1.41 Ma, and three others were suspected of including excess Ar; 1.36 Ma date of Evernden et al. 1964 (KA 1188) is concordant
Castle Creek and Sailor Creek are also in the fm. (see)
Castle Creek and Sailor Creek are also in the fm. (see)
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Mammuthus hayi Barbour 1915 mammoth | |
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Gigantocamelus sp. Barbour and Schultz 1939 camel 3/4 mi S of Mammuthus specimen but in the "same gravel bed"
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