Mead Site (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Ingham County, Michigan (42.6° N, 84.3° W: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 84.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: mire or swamp
• a bog burial
Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic
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 63390: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
"Mammuthus jeffersoni" = Mammuthus columbi
"Mammuthus jeffersoni" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth | |