Western shore of Baldwin Peninsula: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Alaska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus primigenius (Blumenbach 1799)
Arachnida - Araneae - Linyphiidae
Erigone sp. Audouin 1826
Arachnida - Acariformes
Oribatida indet. Dugès 1834
Insecta - Diptera
Cyclorrhapha indet. Brauer 1863
corrected as Cyclorrhapha
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
? Pterostichus sp. Bonelli 1810
Insecta - Coleoptera - Helophoridae
Helophorus splendidus Sahlberg 1880
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Tachinus cf. apertus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alaska
Coordinates: 66.7° North, 162.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:66.7° North, 162.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Age estimate:26.9 ± 3 Ka (14C)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 26,900 (+2400, -3400) C14 years old.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified siltstone
Environment:pond Tectonic setting:non-subsiding area
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:169385
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:paleoentomology,vertebrate
Created:2015-05-22 19:55:58 Last modified:2015-05-22 19:55:58
Access level:the public Released:2015-05-22 19:55:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
55350. D. M. Hopkins, R. E. Giterman, and J. V. Matthews. 1976. Interstadial mammoth remains and associated pollen and insect fossils, Kotzebue Sound area, northwestern Alaska. Geology 4:169-172 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]