Holidaysburg Fissure: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Pennsylvania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Rodentia indet.
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Artiodactyla indet.
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Perissodactyla indet.
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Proboscidea indet.
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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| mastodon | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Insectivora
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Insectivora indet.
(Bowdich 1821)
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis dirus
Leidy 1858
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| recombined as Aenocyon dirus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus nasutus
(Leidy 1868)
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervalces sp.
Scott 1885
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus veroensis
Sellards 1918
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| recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
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Lagomorpha indet.
Brandt 1885
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides ohioensis
Foster 1838
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Pennsylvania | County: | Blair |
| Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 78.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.4° North, 78.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red or brown claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Keyser Limestone | ||
| Database number: | 104797 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Shalap | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-10 03:37:19 | Last modified: | 2011-02-15 16:06:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-10 03:37:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35005. | S. S. Fonda and A. P. Czebieniak. 1986. Late Pleistocene Fauna of the Hollidaysburg Fissure. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 75:128-129 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |