Sleeping Bear Dune (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Leelanau County, Michigan (44.9° N, 86.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 86.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: dune; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UMMP
Primary reference: R. L. Wilson. 1967. The Pleistocene vertebrates of Michigan. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52:197-234 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 200485: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.04.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Actinopteri | |
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Ictalurus punctatus Rafinesque 1818 catfish | |
| Mammalia | |
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Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew | |
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Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
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Martes americana Kerr 1792 American marten | |
Canis sp., "Vulpes fulva" = Vulpes vulpes
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
"Vulpes fulva" = Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox | |
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Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer | |
Peromyscus cf. leucopus, Clethrionomys gapperi, "Pitymys pinetorum" = Microtus pinetorum, Microtus ochrogaster, "Ondatra zibethica" = Ondatra zibethicus
Peromyscus cf. leucopus Rafinesque 1818 white-footed mouse
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
"Pitymys pinetorum" = Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 woodland vole
Microtus ochrogaster Wagner 1842 prairie vole
"Ondatra zibethica" = Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat | |
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Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
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Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel
Glaucomys volans Linnaeus 1758 southern flying squirrel | |