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Ansonia, Darke County, Ohio, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 40.2167,-84.6333 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Ohio, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Darke County, Ohio, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Ansonia | Mills R. S., Guilday J. E. (1972) | there is a "single radiocarbon date of 10,230 +/- 150 yr B.P." on a "piece of wood taken from a level slightly higher than that in which the [Cervacles] vertebra was found" | peat | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Cervalces scotti species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : Cervalces : Cervalces scotti | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Mammut sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Mammutidae : Mammut | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Castor sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Castoridae : Castor | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Castoroides sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Castoridae : Castoroides | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Ondatra sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Ondatra | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
References
Mills R. S., Guilday J. E. (1972) First record of Cervalces scotti Ledekker from the Pleistocene of Ohio, American Midland Naturalist 88 1, 255 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!