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
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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