Big Wabasis Lake: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Michigan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus americanus
Pallas 1780
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Michigan | County: | Kent |
| Coordinates: | 43.1° North, 85.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.1° North, 85.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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: | marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | pond |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 200628 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-04-09 13:01:00 | Last modified: | 2019-04-09 13:01:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-04-09 13:01:00 |
| 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] |