Where: Oakland County, Michigan (42.8° N, 83.4° W: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 83.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• Twocreekan

Environment/lithology: glacial; unlithified, argillaceous, silty sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original calcite, original phosphate, original cellulose

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. Shoshani, D. C. Fisher, J. M. Zawiskie, S. J. Thurlow, S. L. Shoshani, W. S. Benninghoff, and F. H. Zoch. 1989. The Shelton Mastodon Site: Multidisciplinary study of a late Pleistocene (Twocreekan) locality in Southeastern Michigan. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(14):393-436 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 63150: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.08.2006

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