Midland Township (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Midland County, Michigan (43.6° N, 84.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 84.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: glacial; unlithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UMMP

Primary reference: L. M. Abraczinskas. 1993. Pleistocene proboscidean sites in Michigan: New records and an update on published sites. Michigan Academician 25(4):443-490 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 63612: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838 giant beaver