10 ANSP: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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2 specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia |
Coordinates: | 36.8° North, 74.8° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.8° North, 74.8° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
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: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collection method comments: dredged |
Metadata
Database number: | 108273 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-04-27 08:52:11 | Last modified: | 2011-04-26 18:52:11 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-04-27 08:52:11 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
35865. | F. C. Whitmore, K. O. Emery, H. B. S. Cooke and D. J. P. Swift. 1967. Elephant Teeth from the Atlantic Continental Shelf. Science 156(3781):1477-1481 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap] |