Adams site (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Fowlerville, west

Where: Livingston County, Michigan (42.7° N, 84.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 84.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• late Pleistocene

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; unlithified, sandy claystone

• sandy clay

Primary reference: J. A. Holman, D. C. Fisher, and R. O. Kapp. 1986. Recent discoveries of fossil vertebrates in the lower peninsula of Michigan. Michigan Academician 18(3):431-463 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 63223: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Catostomidae
Catostomus commersoni carp-like fish
 Centrarchiformes - Centrarchidae
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon