Powers Site (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Van Buren County, Michigan (42.1° N, 85.9° W: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 85.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 11,220 +- 310 BP
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; unlithified, gray claystone
• glacial lake bed
• gray clay
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 63269: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Pinopsida | |
| Angiospermae | |
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Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm | |
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Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar | |
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Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak | |
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Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch | |
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Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory | |
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Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple | |
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Fraxinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 ash | |
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae, Artemisia sp.
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 wormwood | |
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Thalictrum sp. Linnaeus 1753 meadow-rue | |
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Cyperaceae sp. Jussieu 1789 sedge | |
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"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass | |
| Mammalia | |
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Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon | |
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Cervalces scotti Lydekker 1898 stag moose | |