creek northwest of Homer (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Cortland County, New York (42.7° N, 76.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 76.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; gravel
• "in an alluvial formation, resting on a base of gravel"
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1847
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: O. P. Hay. 1919. On some proboscideans of the State of New York. Science 49(1268):377-379 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 222855: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.10.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi
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