Red Wing: Pleistocene, Minnesota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas columbi Falconer 1857
1 specimen
recombined as Mammuthus columbi
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Minnesota County:Goodhue
Coordinates: 44.6° North, 92.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.6° North, 92.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: gravel
Lithology description: river gravels
Environment:coarse channel fill
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:93506
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-20 07:29:08 Last modified:2010-01-20 09:29:08
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-20 07:29:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

31642. C. R. Stauffer. 1924. The fossil elephants of Minnesota. Science 60(1541):40-41 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]