Millington Township: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Michigan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydra serpentina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Michigan | County: | Tuscola |
| Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 83.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.2° North, 83.6° West |
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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | pond |
| Geology comments: beach sand at the base of a peat deposit | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UMMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 200622 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-04-09 12:21:21 | Last modified: | 2019-04-09 13:03:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-04-09 12:21:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12687. | R. L. Wilson. 1967. The Pleistocene vertebrates of Michigan. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52:197-234 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |