Watervliet, near: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Michigan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
|
|||||||
|
Mammuthus jeffersoni
(Osborn 1922)
|
1 specimen | ||||||
| synonym of Mammuthus columbi | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Michigan | County: | Berrien |
| Coordinates: | 42.2° North, 86.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° North, 86.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | -100 feet | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | gravel |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | glacial |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 63483 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-15 09:12:32 | Last modified: | 2019-04-09 13:26:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-15 09:12:32 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 12687 | R. L. Wilson. 1967. The Pleistocene vertebrates of Michigan. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52:197-234 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |