Brunswick Canal: Pleistocene, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides ohioticus
    = Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838
Markewich et al. 1992
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus haysii Leidy 1860
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus fraternus Leidy 1858
    = Equus leidyi Hay 1913
Markewich et al. 1992
nomen vanum belonging to Equus
Equus ? complicatus Leidy 1858
Equus ? tau Owen 1869
synonym of Plesippus simplicidens
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeterula ? neolassicus Veatch and Stephenson 1911
Physeter ? vetus (Leidy 1869)
or Physeterula ? neolassicus (see below)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervinae indet. Goldfuss 1820
    = Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Markewich et al. 1992
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison ? bison (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Megatherium aff. americanum Cuvier 1796
Chelonia couperi Harlan 1842
Markewich et al. 1992
synonym of Eremotherium laurillardi
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas columbi Falconer 1857
Markewich et al. 1992
recombined as Mammuthus columbi
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut floridanum (Leidy 1886)
Mammut americanum (Kerr 1792)
Markewich et al. 1992
Reptilia
Crocodilus sp. (Laurenti 1768)
    = Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
Markewich et al. 1992
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: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
Stratigraphy comments: dredgings
Hay (1923) doubts the age of these deposits.
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:96899
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-07-09 11:36:52 Last modified:2020-12-09 17:01:42
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-09 11:36:52
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:

74680 A. R. Cahn. 1932. Records and distribution of the fossil Beaver, Castoroides ohioensis. Journal of Mammalogy 13(3):229-241 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
35031 O. P. Hay. 1923. The Pleistocene of North America and its vertebrated animals from the states east of the Mississippi River and from the Canadian provinces east of longitude 95 degrees. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 322:1-499 [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]