Afton (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Ottawa County, Oklahoma (36.7° N, 95.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 95.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. P. Hay. 1920. Descriptions of some Pleistocene vertebrates found in the United States. Proceedings of The United States National Museum 58:83-146 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 216271: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.12.2020, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Show authors, comments, and common names
| Mammalia | |
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth | |
"Mammut americanum" = Mammut americanum, "Elephas imperator" = Mammut americanum
"Mammut americanum" = Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon
"Elephas imperator" = Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon | |
Canis latrans, "Canis nubilus" = Canis lupus
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
"Canis nubilus" = Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf | |
|
| |
Cervus canadensis, Odocoileus virginianus, Alces americanus, "Cervalces ? roosevelti" = Cervalces latifrons
Cervus canadensis Erxleben 1777 elk
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
Alces americanus Jardine 1837 moose
"Cervalces ? roosevelti" = Cervalces latifrons Johnson 1874 stag moose | |
|
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
Bison bison Linnaeus 1758 American bison
"Symbos promptus n. sp." = Bootherium bombifrons Harlan 1825 antelope | |
"Equus hatcheri" = Equus niobrarensis, Equus excelsus, Equus complicatus, Equus laurentius, Equus holmesi n. sp.
"Equus hatcheri" = Equus niobrarensis Hay 1913 horse
Equus excelsus Leidy 1858 horse
Equus complicatus Leidy 1858 horse
Equus laurentius Hay 1913 horse
Equus holmesi n. sp. Hay 1920 horse | |
|
Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838 giant beaver | |