Turtle River: Pleistocene, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Pastinacea sp.
Markewich et al. 1992
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838
Markewich et al. 1992
Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816
Markewich et al. 1992
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838
Markewich et al. 1992
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus haysii Leidy 1860
Markewich et al. 1992
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus litoralis
Markewich et al. 1992
Equus tau Owen 1869
Markewich et al. 1992
synonym of Plesippus simplicidens
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Markewich et al. 1992
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison cf. bison (Linnaeus 1758)
Markewich et al. 1992
Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae
Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859
Kohno and Ray 2008
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Megatherium mirable
Markewich et al. 1992
Megatherium americanum Cuvier 1796
Markewich et al. 1992
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut floridanum (Leidy 1886)
Markewich et al. 1992
Mammut americanum (Kerr 1792)
Markewich et al. 1992
Reptilia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
Markewich et al. 1992
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Georgia County:Glynn
Coordinates: 31.2° North, 81.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.2° North, 81.3° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:77596
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-01-15 16:48:13 Last modified:2010-07-09 14:57:56
Access level:the public Released:2008-01-15 16:48:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

33083. O. Veatch and L. W. Stephenson. 1911. Preliminary report on the geology of the coastal plain of Georgia. Geological Survey of Georgia Bulletin 26:1-466 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

26222 N. Kohno and C. E. Ray. 2008. Pliocene walruses from the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and North Carolina, and a systematic revision of the North Atlantic Pliocene walruses. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:39-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
33085 H. W. Markewich, C. M. Hacke, and P. F. Huddlestun. 1992. Emergent Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments of southeastern Georgia: an anomalous, fossil-poor, clastic section. SEPM Special Publication 48:173-189 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]