Where: Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (40.8° N, 77.5° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 77.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• age not indicated, presumed Pleistocene
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; argillaceous gravel
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: salvage,
• "submitted for examination by Mr. Wm. B. Henderson" (repository, collector, and collection date not indicated)
Primary reference: J. Leidy. 1882. On an extinct peccary. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 34(3):301-302 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93485: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Platygonus vetus n. sp.
Platygonus vetus n. sp. Leidy 1882 peccary |