Mill Creek Site (Gray Clay Layer) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: St. Clair County, Michigan (43.1° N, 82.6° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 82.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• immediately underlies the sand layer that is dated as "Middle Wisconsinan or greater" based on fauna, plus radiocarbon, thermoluminescene, and amino acid racemization dates

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray claystone

• "lacustrine"
• "gray clay... thinly laminated with white silt partings"

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: P. F. Karrow, K. L. Seymour, B. B. Miller and J.E. Mirecki. 1997. Pre-Late Wisconsinan Pleistocene biota from southeastern Michigan, U.S.A. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 133(1-2):81-101 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70131: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• composite of 12 samples from successive 20 cm-thick layers
unclassified
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Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Abies sp. Miller 1754 fir
Angiospermae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
 Asterales - Asteraceae
"Tubuliflorae indet." = Asteraceae
"Tubuliflorae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden
 Vitales - Vitaceae
Vitis sp. Linnaeus 1753 grapevine
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Dryopteris sp. Adanson 1763
"Dryopteris type"
Sphagnum
  - Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum sp. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Lycopodium sp. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Candonidae
Candona rawsoni ostracod
 Podocopida - Limnocytheridae