Irongate, Pleistocene: Rancholabrean, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Hydrochoerus holmesi
Simpson 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Neochoerus aesopi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx jeffersonii
(Desmarest 1822)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Megalonyx jeffersoni" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Dasypus bellus
(Simpson 1929)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Dorchester |
| Coordinates: | 33.0° North, 80.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 74.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Rancholabrean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.21000 - 0.01400 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ten Mile Hill Beds |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 79760 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-23 08:47:20 | Last modified: | 2008-03-23 10:47:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-03-23 08:47:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26822. | A. E. Sanders. 2002. Additions to the Pleistocene Mammal Faunas of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. American Philosophical Society 1-152 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |