Tiger Butte Mammoth (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Cascade County, Montana (47.2° N, 111.0° W: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 110.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Wiota Gravels Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. L. Hill. 2001. Pleistocene mammals of Montana and their geologic context. Museum of the Rockies Occasional Paper 3:127-144 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 20545: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• said to be possibly pre-Illinoian
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth