Brunswick Canal: Pleistocene, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas columbi
Falconer 1857
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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Mammut floridanum
(Leidy 1886)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides ohioticus
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= Castoroides ohioensis
Foster 1838
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus ? complicatus
Leidy 1858
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Equus fraternus
Leidy 1858
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= Equus leidyi
Hay 1913
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Markewich et al. 1992 | |||||||||
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Equus ? tau
Owen 1869
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus haysii
Leidy 1860
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Physeter ? vetus
(Leidy 1869)
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| or Physeterula ? neolassicus (see below) | ||||||||||
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Physeterula ? neolassicus
Veatch and Stephenson 1911
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison ? bison
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervinae indet.
Goldfuss 1820
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= Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Megatherium aff. americanum
Cuvier 1796
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Chelonia couperi
Harlan 1842
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Reptilia
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Crocodilus sp.
(Laurenti 1768)
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= Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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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: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: dredgings
Hay (1923) doubts the age of these deposits. |
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: | 96899 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-07-09 11:36:52 | Last modified: | 2020-12-09 17:01:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-07-09 11:36:52 |
| 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:
| 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] | |
| 35031 | O. P. Hay. 1923. The Pleistocene of North America and its vertebrated animals from the states east of the Mississippi River and from the Canadian provinces east of longitude 95 degrees. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 322:1-499 [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] |