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Lake Warren Beach Ridge Peccaries, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 41.4,-83.2333 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Ohio, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Sandusky County, Ohio, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Lake Warren Beach Ridge Peccaries | Hoare R. D., Coash J. R., et al (1964) | "about 15 ft below the top of a sand hill... considered to be a part of the Lake Warren beach ridge... Fosyth (1959) provides an age of 9,640+ years for the Lake Warren beach ridge" | sandstone | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Platygonus compressus species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : Platygonus compressus | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Equus sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Equus | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
References
Hoare R. D., Coash J. R., et al (1964) Pleistocene peccary Platygonus compressus Leconte from Sandusky County, Ohio, Ohio Journal of Science 64 3, 207-214 |
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!