Near Crum: Pleistocene, West Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | West Virginia |
Coordinates: | 37.9° North, 82.4° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.9° North, 82.2° 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: | argillaceous gravel |
Includes fossils? | Y |
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
Database number: | 123871 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Shalap |
Created: | 2012-02-01 08:18:46 | Last modified: | 2012-01-31 15:18:46 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-01 08:18:45 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
39859. | D. Wells. 1940. Mastodon Remains Near Crum, West Virginia. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 13:78-80 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap] |