Leslie, near: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Michigan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828
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]