Leslie, near: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Michigan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Michigan | County: | Ingham |
Coordinates: | 42.5° North, 84.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.5° North, 84.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: late Pleistocene |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | peat |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: peat in marl | |
Environment: | mire/swamp |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 63467 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-08-15 07:56:53 | Last modified: | 2006-12-21 16:47:21 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-15 07:56:53 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
18184. | L. M. Abraczinskas. 1993. Pleistocene proboscidean sites in Michigan: New records and an update on published sites. Michigan Academician 25(4):443-490 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |