Gaylord, northwest (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Otsego County, Michigan (45.1° N, 84.7° W: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 84.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• red dirt

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Collected by Ezra Smith

• found by Ezra Smith when hauling gravel from a pit 11.3 km northwest of Gaylord in 1914

Primary reference: W. B. Hinsdale. 1925. Primitive Man in Michigan. Michigan Handbook Series 1:1-194 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 221888: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.08.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus
baculum with human workings