Cass Cave: Pleistocene, West Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | West Virginia | County: | Pocahontas |
| Coordinates: | 38.4° North, 79.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.4° North, 79.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 2975 feet |
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
| Stratigraphy comments: "Mastodons and Mammoths became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene thus the discovery is assigned a minimum age of 10,000 years" |
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
| Database number: | 124388 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Shalap |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
| Created: | 2012-02-14 06:08:53 | Last modified: | 2014-12-04 10:12:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-14 06:08:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40133. | E. R. Garton and F. Grady. 1992. Cass Cave mastodon Mammut americanum sets range and elevation records for West Virginia. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 64(1):43 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap] |