Oxford Neck: Pleistocene, Maryland
collected by S. R. Harrison
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cariacus virginianus
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Cervus canadensis
Erxleben 1777
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Elephas americanus
De Kay 1842
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| synonym of Mammut americanum | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas columbi
Falconer 1857
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Lucas 1906 | ||||||
| recombined as Mammuthus columbi | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Cistudo eurypygia n. sp.
Cope 1870
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| recombined as Terrapene eurypygia | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydra serpentina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Maryland | County: | Talbot |
| Coordinates: | 38.7° North, 76.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.7° North, 75.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMNH |
| Collectors: | S. R. Harrison |
Metadata
| Database number: | 127111 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Shalap, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2012-04-25 08:36:03 | Last modified: | 2017-10-18 12:20:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-04-25 08:36:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35435. | E. D. Cope. 1870. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:105-235 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 41303 | O. P. Hay. 1906. Systematic paleontology of the Pleistocene deposits of Maryland; Reptilia. Maryland Geological Survey 169-170 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap] | |
| 41304 | F. A. Lucas. 1906. The elephants of the Pleistocene; Mammalia. Maryland Geological Survey 149-152 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap] |