Holidaysburg Fissure (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as Keyser Limestone
Where: Blair County, Pennsylvania (40.4° N, 78.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 78.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. S. Fonda and A. P. Czebieniak. 1986. Late Pleistocene Fauna of the Hollidaysburg Fissure. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 75:128-129 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 104797: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838 giant beaver | |
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918 tapir | |
Mylohyus nasutus Leidy 1868 peccary | |
Cervalces sp. Scott 1885 stag moose | |
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran | |
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf | |
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Insectivora indet. insectivoran |