Russell: Pleistocene, Minnesota
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas columbi
Falconer 1857
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Mammuthus columbi | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Minnesota | County: | Lyon |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 95.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.4° North, 95.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
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 |
| Lithology description: drift | |
| Environment: | glacial |
| Geology comments: drift | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93514 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-20 07:47:40 | Last modified: | 2010-01-20 09:47:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-20 07:47:39 |
| 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] |