Fenton Lake (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Genesee County, Michigan (42.9° N, 83.7° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 83.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; calcareous claystone

• bog
• calcareous clay

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UMMP

Primary reference: R. L. Wilson. 1967. The Pleistocene vertebrates of Michigan. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52:197-234 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 200325: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.03.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Salmoniformes - Salmonidae
Salvelinus namaycush
Salvelinus namaycush Walbaum 1792
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Esox masquinongy
Esox masquinongy Mitchill 1824 pike
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Aplodinotus grunniens
Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque 1819 freshwater drum
 Perciformes - Percidae
Stizostedion vitreum
 Cypriniformes - Catostomidae
Catostomus cf. commersonii, Catostomus catostomus
Catostomus catostomus Forster 1773 carp-like fish
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"Trionyx cf. spinifer" = Apalone spinifera
"Trionyx cf. spinifer" = Apalone spinifera LeSueur 1827 spiny softshell turtle
Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Aythya sp.
Aythya sp. Boie 1822 pochard
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Haliaeetus lecocephalus
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Ondatra zibethica" = Ondatra zibethicus
"Ondatra zibethica" = Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Osteichthyes
  - Coregonidae
Coregonus clupeaformis
Coregonus clupeaformis Mitchill 1818 bony fish
Moxostoma anisurum
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Moxostoma cf. anisurum
Moxostoma cf. anisurum Rafinesque 1820