Fenske: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Wisconsin
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus primigenius
(Blumenbach 1799)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wisconsin | County: | Kenosha |
| Coordinates: | 42.5° North, 88.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.5° North, 88.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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 |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: ca. 13,530 to 11,200 yr B.P., a time near the end of the Wisconsinan period |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lacustrine - small |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | 47Kn240 | ||
| Database number: | 176611 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-18 12:02:38 | Last modified: | 2016-02-18 12:02:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-18 12:02:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58186. | E. Johnson. 2006. The taphonomy of mammoth localities in southeastern Wisconsin (USA). Quaternary International 143-143:58-78 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |