Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) mammalian assemblage from Paw Paw Cove, Tilghman Island, Maryland:

A small, but significant assemblage of Late Pleistocene mammals was recovered from an eroding shoreline at Paw Paw Cove located on the Chesapeake Bay side of Tilghman Island, Talbot County, Maryland. Additionally, Clovis-age (11,050 to 10,800 14C years BP calbp) artifacts are found in a lag deposit...

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Main Author: Eshelman, Ralph E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press 2018
Series:Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology 102
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:A small, but significant assemblage of Late Pleistocene mammals was recovered from an eroding shoreline at Paw Paw Cove located on the Chesapeake Bay side of Tilghman Island, Talbot County, Maryland. Additionally, Clovis-age (11,050 to 10,800 14C years BP calbp) artifacts are found in a lag deposit beneath a loess deposit at the site. An AMS-date obtained from organic stratum below the loess at the same location suggests that this small fossil assemblage is 21,000 years old. Identifiable taxa include four extinct species, Castoroides sp. (giant beaver), Equus sp. (horse), Tapirus veroensis (Vero tapir), and Mammut americanum (American mastodon), along with Canis cf. C. latrans (coyote), and Cervus elaphus (wapiti). Significantly, the tapir and giant beaver are the first records for Maryland and the tapir is the first record from the Coastal Plain of the Chesapeake region of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. The provisional identification of Canis cf. C. latrans may represent the first Late Pleistocene record from the Coastal Plain of the Chesapeake region of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia....Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:15 Seiten Illustrationen

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