Barney's Dock site: Pleistocene, New Jersey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae
Trichechus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut sp. Blumenbach 1799
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervalces sp. Scott 1885
Rangifer sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Mammalia - Bovidae
Symbos sp. Osgood 1905
synonym of Bootherium
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides sp. Foster 1838
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey
Coordinates: 39.0° North, 74.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.0° North, 73.9° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray unlithified argillaceous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: silty grayish sand with abundant clam fragments
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:65469
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-09-22 08:42:54 Last modified:2006-09-22 11:42:55
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-22 08:42:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
18867. W. B. Gallagher, D. C. Parris, B. S. Grandstaff and C. DeTample. 1989. Quaternary mammals from the continental shelf off New Jersey. The Mosasaur 4:101-110 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]