Midland, near: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Michigan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Michigan | County: | Midland |
Coordinates: | 43.6° North, 83.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 83.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |
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: late Pleistocene |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified claystone |
Lithology description: clay and muck | |
Environment: | glacial |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 63254 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-08-09 11:55:39 | Last modified: | 2006-12-21 15:53:51 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-09 11:55:39 |
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] |