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
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
unclassified | |
Pinopsida | |
Angiospermae | |
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge | |
"Tubuliflorae indet." = Asteraceae
"Tubuliflorae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy | |
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799 | |
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch | |
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory | |
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak | |
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm | |
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple | |
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden | |
Vitis sp. Linnaeus 1753 grapevine | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822 | |
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Sphagnum | |
Sphagnum sp. Linnaeus 1753 peat moss | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
Lycopodium sp. Linnaeus 1753 ground pine | |
Ostracoda | |
Candona caudata ostracod
Candona rawsoni ostracod | |
Limnocythere varia ostracod |