Turtle River: Pleistocene, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Pastinacea sp.
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Markewich et al. 1992 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Megatherium mirable
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Markewich et al. 1992 | ||||||
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Megatherium americanum
Cuvier 1796
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Markewich et al. 1992 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides ohioensis
Foster 1838
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Markewich et al. 1992 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Ontocetus emmonsi
Leidy 1859
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Kohno and Ray 2008 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus tau
Owen 1869
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Markewich et al. 1992 | ||||||
| synonym of Plesippus simplicidens | |||||||
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Equus litoralis
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Markewich et al. 1992 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus haysii
Leidy 1860
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Markewich et al. 1992 | ||||||
| recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison cf. bison
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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Mammut floridanum
(Leidy 1886)
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Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Carcharodon sp.
Smith 1838
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Lamna sp.
Cuvier 1816
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Glynn |
| Coordinates: | 31.2° North, 81.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.2° North, 81.3° 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: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 77596 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-15 16:48:13 | Last modified: | 2010-07-09 14:57:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-15 16:48:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33083. | O. Veatch and L. W. Stephenson. 1911. Preliminary report on the geology of the coastal plain of Georgia. Geological Survey of Georgia Bulletin 26:1-466 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 26222 | N. Kohno and C. E. Ray. 2008. Pliocene walruses from the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and North Carolina, and a systematic revision of the North Atlantic Pliocene walruses. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:39-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 33085 | H. W. Markewich, C. M. Hacke, and P. F. Huddlestun. 1992. Emergent Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments of southeastern Georgia: an anomalous, fossil-poor, clastic section. SEPM Special Publication 48:173-189 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |