LVNHM BLM 2019.004 Fairbanks Spring Mammoth (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Nye County, Nevada (36.5° N, 116.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 116.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• calibrated 14C age from shell of Planorbella 27,551 to 27,144 ybp

•calibrated 14C age from 33mg of Vertigo shells 21,191 to 20,830 ybp

Environment/lithology: fluvial; claystone and sandstone

• ephemeral wash or stream topped by wetland clay and marl representing marsh

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 2016-2018

Collection methods: quarrying, sieve

Primary reference: L. E. Parry and S. M. Rowland. 2022. Excavation of a mammoth (Mammuthus sp.) from groundwater discharge deposits in Amargosa Valley, Nevada. In D. M. Miller (ed.), Volcanoes in the Mojave, Desert Symposium Field Guide and Proceedings 2022:231-237 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224638: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 24.03.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Pyrgulopsis sp.
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
cf. Mammuthus columbi
cf. Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Pisidium sp.
Pisidium sp. Pfeiffer 1821 pea clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cochliopidae
Tryonia sp.
Tryonia sp. Stimpson 1865 snail
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbella sp., Promenetus sp.
Promenetus sp. Baker 1935 snail
 Stylommatophora - Vertiginidae
Vertigo sp.
Vertigo sp. Muller 1774 slug
 Heterostropha - Valvatidae
Valvata sp.
Valvata sp. Müller 1774 snail
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Candonidae
Candona averta, Candona cerca
Candona cerca ostracod