Prillwitz Site (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Berrien County, Michigan (42.0° N, 86.3° W: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 86.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• late Pleistocene (a date, 8260 +- M-1400, is too young)

Environment/lithology: glacial; lithology not reported

• muck

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Holman, D. C. Fisher, and R. O. Kapp. 1986. Recent discoveries of fossil vertebrates in the lower peninsula of Michigan. Michigan Academician 18(3):431-463 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 63386: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Mammuthus jeffersoni" = Mammuthus columbi
"Mammuthus jeffersoni" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth