Two Miles North of North of Midland: Middle Pleistocene, South Dakota
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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| "a large atlas" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Haakon |
| Coordinates: | 44.1° North, 101.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.1° North, 101.1° 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
| Stratigraphy comments: "Illinoian" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gravel |
| Lithology description: "high terrace gravel pit" | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | SDSM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 74366 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-08-05 21:20:54 | Last modified: | 2012-01-23 20:51:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-08-05 21:20:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24977. | M. Green. 1962. Comments on the geologic age of Bison latifrons. Journal of Paleontology 36(3):557-559 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |