Nashport (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Muskingum County, Ohio (40.1° N, 82.2° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 82.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; carbonaceous siltstone

• dark, carbonaceous silt

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Foster. 1838. Report of Mr. Foster. In W. W. Mather (ed.), Second annual report on the geological survey of the state of Ohio 73-107 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 215650: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.11.2020

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides ohioensis n. gen. n. sp.
Castoroides ohioensis n. gen. n. sp. Foster 1838 giant beaver