Ballyrudder: 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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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Northern Ireland | County: | Antrim |
| Coordinates: | 54.9° North, 5.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.9° North, 6.0° 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: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: gravel | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93180 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-06 15:10:17 | Last modified: | 2010-01-06 17:10:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-06 15:10:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31485. | P. S. Doughty. 1968. Ballyrudder Mammoth Tooth. The Irish Naturalists' Journal 16(4):105-106 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |