Holidaysburg Fissure: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Pennsylvania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
|
||||||||||
Rodentia indet.
|
||||||||||
Artiodactyla indet.
|
||||||||||
Perissodactyla indet.
|
||||||||||
Proboscidea indet.
|
||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
|
||||||||||
Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
|
||||||||||
mastodon | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
|
||||||||||
Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
|
||||||||||
Mammalia
- Insectivora
|
||||||||||
Insectivora indet.
(Bowdich 1821)
|
||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
|
||||||||||
Tapirus veroensis
Sellards 1918
|
||||||||||
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
|
||||||||||
Cervalces sp.
Scott 1885
|
||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
|
||||||||||
Mylohyus nasutus
(Leidy 1868)
|
||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
|
||||||||||
Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
|
||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
|
||||||||||
Canis dirus
Leidy 1858
|
||||||||||
recombined as Aenocyon dirus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
|
||||||||||
Lagomorpha indet.
Brandt 1885
|
||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
|
||||||||||
Castoroides ohioensis
Foster 1838
|
||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Pennsylvania | County: | Blair |
Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 78.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.4° North, 78.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | red or brown claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Keyser Limestone | ||
Database number: | 104797 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Shalap | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-02-10 03:37:19 | Last modified: | 2011-02-15 16:06:52 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-10 03:37:19 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
35005. | S. S. Fonda and A. P. Czebieniak. 1986. Late Pleistocene Fauna of the Hollidaysburg Fissure. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 75:128-129 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |