Goldsboro (Miocene of the United States)

Where: North Carolina (35.4° N, 78.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 75.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: E. Emmons. 1858. Palaeontology. Report of the North Carolina Geological Survey (XV)193-212 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51592: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.06.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon giganteus" = Mammut americanum
"Mastodon giganteus" = Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon