Ester Creek: Pleistocene, Alaska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammonteus (Elephas) primigenius
(Blumenbach 1799)
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2 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Mammuthus primigenius | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska |
| Coordinates: | 64.8° North, 147.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 64.9° North, 147.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 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 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Esther Creek | ||
| Database number: | 108789 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-05-05 00:30:02 | Last modified: | 2011-05-04 10:30:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-05 00:30:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35981. | I. M. Cowan. 1941. Fossil and subfossil mammals from the Quaternary of British Columbia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Section IV Geological Sciences including Mineralogy, Third Series 33(4):39-50 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |