Ayer Pond : Late/Upper Pleistocene, Washington
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison antiquus
Leidy 1852
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Washington | County: | San Juan |
| Coordinates: | 48.6° North, 122.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.6° North, 122.9° 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: | peat |
| Environment: | terrestrial 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: | 188667 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Henshaw |
| Created: | 2017-09-11 17:48:53 | Last modified: | 2017-09-11 17:48:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-09-11 17:48:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63304. | M. Wilson, S. Kenady and R. Schalk. 2009. Late Pleistocene Bison antiquus from Orcas Island, Washington, and the biogeographic importance of an early postglacial land mammal dispersal corridor from the mainland to Vancouver Island. Quaternary Research 71(1):49-61 [M. Uhen/A. Henshaw] |