Delight (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Adams County, Washington (47.0° N, 118.5° W: paleocoordinates 47.0° N, 118.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: W. E. Fry and E. P. Gustafson. 1974. Cervids from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Central Washington. Journal of Paleontology 48(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 20307: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Taxidea taxus Schreber 1778 American badger
 Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx canadensis Kerr 1792 Canadian lynx
Puma ? concolor1 Linnaeus 1771 puma
? Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus hemionus1 Rafinesque 1817 mule deer
? Cervus brevitrabalis Cope 1889 deer
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
? Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
? Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani2 Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth