Glendale (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Clark County, Nevada (36.7° N, 114.6° W: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 114.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• charcoal from 40 cm below fossiliferous horizon yielded age of greater than 33,000 radiocarbon years

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; claystone and siltstone

• pluvial lake or extensive marsh along a permanent river
• fossil-bearing units near top of 30 meter section of gypsiferous claystones and siltstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by NPS party in 1938

Primary reference: T. R. Van Devender and N. T. Tessman. 1975. Late Pleistocene Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina) from southern Nevada. Copeia 1975(2):249-253 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 223356: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 09.11.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet.
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
"fish"
Amphibia
  -
Amphibia indet.
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydra serpentina
Chelydra serpentina Linnaeus 1758 Common snapping turtle
Aves
  -
Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet.
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoridae indet.
Castoridae indet. Gray 1821 beaver
"beaver"
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp.
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma sp., Ondatra zibethicus, Microtus sp.
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
"horse"
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp.
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
"deer"
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Ovis canadensis
Ovis canadensis Shaw 1804 bighorn sheep
"bighorn sheep"
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
"camel"
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp.
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
"snails"
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum sp.
Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
Angiospermae
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Scirpus californicus