Green Site (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Oakland County, Michigan (42.6° N, 83.4° W: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 83.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• late Pleistocene

Environment/lithology: glacial; marl

• marl overlying a sand unit

Primary reference: J. A. Holman, D. C. Fisher, and R. O. Kapp. 1986. Recent discoveries of fossil vertebrates in the lower peninsula of Michigan. Michigan Academician 18(3):431-463 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 63229: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
 Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. proboscidean