Brunswick Canal (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Glynn County, Georgia (31.2° N, 81.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.2° N, 81.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• dredgings
•Hay (1923) doubts the age of these deposits.
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: O. Veatch and L. W. Stephenson. 1911. Preliminary report on the geology of the coastal plain of Georgia. Geological Survey of Georgia Bulletin 26:1-466 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 96899: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile | |
Mammalia | |
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer | |
"Bison ? bison" = Bos bison
"Bison ? bison" = Bos bison Linnaeus 1758 American bison | |
Physeterula ? neolassicus Veatch and Stephenson 1911 sperm whale | |
"Tapirus haysii" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
"Tapirus haysii" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii Leidy 1860 tapir | |
Equus ? complicatus Leidy 1858 horse
Equus leidyi Hay 1913 horse
"Equus ? tau" = Plesippus simplicidens Cope 1892 horse | |
Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838 giant beaver | |
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon
Mammut floridanum Leidy 1886 mastodon | |
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth | |
Megatherium aff. americanum, "Chelonia couperi" = Eremotherium laurillardi
Megatherium aff. americanum Cuvier 1796 edentate
"Chelonia couperi" = Eremotherium laurillardi Lund 1842 edentate |