Brunswick Canal (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Glynn County, Georgia (31.2° N, 81.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.2° N, 81.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• dredgings

•Hay (1923) doubts the age of these deposits.

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: O. Veatch and L. W. Stephenson. 1911. Preliminary report on the geology of the coastal plain of Georgia. Geological Survey of Georgia Bulletin 26:1-466 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96899: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.07.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838 giant beaver
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
"Tapirus haysii" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
"Tapirus haysii" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii Leidy 1860 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus leidyi Hay 1913 horse
Equus ? complicatus Leidy 1858 horse
"Equus ? tau" = Plesippus simplicidens Cope 1892 horse
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeterula ? neolassicus Veatch and Stephenson 1911 sperm whale
Physeter ? vetus Leidy 1869 sperm whale
or Physeterula ? neolassicus (see below)
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison ? bison Linnaeus 1758 American bison
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium aff. americanum Cuvier 1796 edentate
"Chelonia couperi" = Eremotherium laurillardi Lund 1842 edentate
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut floridanum Leidy 1886 mastodon
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile