Turin: Irvingtonian, Iowa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Glossotherium harlani
(Owen 1840)
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= Paramylodon harlani
Owen 1840
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx jeffersonii
(Desmarest 1822)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus americanus
Pallas 1780
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Lutra canadensis
(Schreber 1776)
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= Lontra canadensis
Schreber 1776
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Taxidea taxus
(Schreber 1778)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon sp.
Storr 1780
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Canis latrans
Say 1823
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Vulpes sp.
Frisch 1775
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera sp.
Oken 1816
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus sp.
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Rangifer sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Aftonius calvini
Hay 1913
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= ? Euceratherium collinum
Furlong and Sinclair 1904
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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= Microtinae indet.
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Ondatra sp.
Link 1795
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides ohioensis
Foster 1838
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys sp.
Rafinesque 1817
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Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Didelphis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Iowa | County: | Monona |
| Coordinates: | 42.0° North, 96.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.0° North, 95.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Irvingtonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.40000 - 0.21000 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
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Turin Pit and Elliott Pit are the same locality | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Turin Pit; Elliott Pit | ||
| Database number: | 20556 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2020-12-09 17:20:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2896. | R. S. Rhodes, II and H. A. Semken, Jr. 1986. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences 93(3) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 74680 | A. R. Cahn. 1932. Records and distribution of the fossil Beaver, Castoroides ohioensis. Journal of Mammalogy 13(3):229-241 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 74694 | W. D. Frankforter. 1962. A late Wisconsin giant beaver in northern Iowa. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 69(56):350-353 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |