Sleeping Bear Dune: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Michigan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
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Ictalurus punctatus
(Rafinesque 1818)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes fulva
Desmarest 1829
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1 specimen | ||||||
| synonym of Vulpes vulpes | |||||||
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Martes americana
(Kerr 1792)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Blarina brevicauda
(Say 1823)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Peromyscus cf. leucopus
(Rafinesque 1818)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Microtus ochrogaster
(Wagner 1842)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Pitymys pinetorum
(Le Conte 1830)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Microtus pinetorum | |||||||
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Clethrionomys gapperi
(Vigors 1830)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Ondatra zibethica
(Linnaeus 1766)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Ondatra zibethicus | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Glaucomys volans
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Tamias striatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Marmota monax
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Sciurus carolinensis
Gmelin 1788
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Michigan | County: | Leelanau |
| Coordinates: | 44.9° North, 86.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.9° North, 86.1° 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: | not reported |
| Environment: | dune |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UMMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 200485 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-04-08 15:37:07 | Last modified: | 2019-04-08 15:37:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-04-08 15:37:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12687. | R. L. Wilson. 1967. The Pleistocene vertebrates of Michigan. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52:197-234 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |