Henry Site: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Michigan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Cupressacea indet.
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2.9 %-specimens | |||||||||
| plus Taxacea | ||||||||||
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Ambrosia sp.
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1.9 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus jeffersoni
(Osborn 1922)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Mammuthus columbi | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Pteridophyta indet.
Haeckel 1875
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1.0 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Pinopsida
- Pinales
- Pinaceae
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Picea sp.
Dietrich 1824
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26.2 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Larix sp.
Miller 1768
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1.0 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Pinus sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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3.9 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Cyperaceae
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Cyperaceae indet.
Jussieu 1789
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30.1 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Poaceae
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Gramineae indet.
de Jussieu
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2.9 %-specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Poaceae | ||||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Asterales
- Asteraceae
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Artemisia sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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1.9 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Fagaceae
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Quercus sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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1.9 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Betulaceae
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Betula sp.
Linnaeus 1753
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3.9 %-specimens | |||||||||
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Lycopodiopsida
- Selaginellales
- Selaginellaceae
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Selaginella sp.
Beauvois 1804
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10.7 %-specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Michigan | County: | Ionia |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 85.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.3° North, 85.3° 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Lithology description: shelly marl | |
| Environment: | mire/swamp |
| Geology comments: probably a bog burial | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate,anthropogenic |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Percentages are for the percent pollen spectra, not percent of all taxa on the list. Total percent pollen spectra reported < 100%. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 63218 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-09 07:54:02 | Last modified: | 2006-12-21 15:39:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-09 07:54:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18196. | J. A. Holman, D. C. Fisher, and R. O. Kapp. 1986. Recent discoveries of fossil vertebrates in the lower peninsula of Michigan. Michigan Academician 18(3):431-463 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |