Big Blue River: Pleistocene, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison latifrons
(Harlan 1825)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Pottawatomie |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 96.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.2° North, 96.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: none given | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: "fished from the bed" of the river | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 74363 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-08-05 20:25:35 | Last modified: | 2007-08-05 23:25:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-08-05 20:25:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24974. | B. F. Mudge. 1877. Bison latifrons in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 5:10 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |