Savannah, near, Pleistocene: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides ohioensis
Foster 1838
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Cahn 1932 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Hydrochoerus holmesi
Simpson 1928
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Neochoerus aesopi | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Terrapene canaliculata n. sp.
Hay 1907
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Hay 1907 | |||||||||
| synonym of Terrapene putnami | ||||||||||
| Precise locality not known. It is said to come from Whitemarsh or Skedaway Island, below Savannah. To avoid making such an imprecise collection I add this record here. | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis cuspidata
(Agassiz 1843)
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Leriche 1942 | |||||||||
| recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Chatham |
| Coordinates: | 32.1° North, 81.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.9° North, 80.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 80231 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-04-09 08:09:46 | Last modified: | 2008-04-09 11:09:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-04-09 08:09:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26822. | A. E. Sanders. 2002. Additions to the Pleistocene Mammal Faunas of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. American Philosophical Society 1-152 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 74680 | A. R. Cahn. 1932. Records and distribution of the fossil Beaver, Castoroides ohioensis. Journal of Mammalogy 13(3):229-241 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 25055 | O. P. Hay. 1907. Descriptions of seven new species of turtles from the Tertiary of the United States. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23(34):847-863 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 28099 | M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |