Aghnadarragh: Late/Upper Pleistocene, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus primigenius
(Blumenbach 1799)
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Northern Ireland | County: | Antrim |
| Coordinates: | 54.6° North, 6.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.6° North, 6.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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: Unit 5 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified conglomerate |
| Lithology description: pebbly gravel | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92954 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-12-16 15:02:28 | Last modified: | 2009-12-16 17:02:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-12-16 15:02:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31407. | A. M. McCabe, G. R. Coope, D. E. Gennard and P. Doughty. 1987. Freshwater organic deposits and stratified sediments between Early and late Midlandian (Devensian) till sheets, at Aghnadarragh, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Journal of Quaternary Science 2:11-33 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |