North of Midland: Middle Pleistocene, South Dakota
collected by E. L. Tuning 1958
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison latifrons
(Harlan 1825)
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(9 measurements) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Haakon |
Coordinates: | 44.1° North, 101.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 44.1° North, 101.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: probably "Late Pleistocene.. from the highest of several terraces in the area and the oldest possible dating is Iowan" but "Illinoian" = middle Pleistocene according to Green 1962 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "cross stratification" unlithified sandstone |
Lithology description: "sand and gravel deposit" with "cross-bedding" but from a "poorly sorted, uncemented fluviatile sand and gravel with little clay and no pebbles much over one inch in diameter" sand" according to Green 1962 | |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | salvage,selective quarrying,survey of museum collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | SDSM | ||
Collectors: | E. L. Tuning | Collection dates: | 1958 |
Collection method comments: "uncovered during quarry operations" |
Metadata
Also known as: | North of the Bad River | ||
Database number: | 74364 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-08-05 20:37:38 | Last modified: | 2007-08-06 00:17:12 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-08-05 20:37:38 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information