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

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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 Authors: Eshelman, Ralph E. (Author), Lowery, Darrin (Author), Grady, Frederick (Author), Wagner, Daniel P., 1951- (Author), McDonald, H. Gregory (Hugh Gregory), 1951- (Author)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2018.
Series:Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology ; no. 102.
Subjects:
Mammals, Fossil > Maryland > Tilghman Island.
Paleontology > Maryland > Tilghman Island > Pleistocene.
Paleoecology > Maryland > Tilghman Island > Pleistocene.
Mammals, Fossil.
Paleoecology.
Paleontology.
Pleistocene Geologic Epoch.
Maryland > Tilghman Island.
From 10 thousand to 2 million years ago
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5479/si.1943-6688.102
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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:Format not distributed to depository libraries.
Physical Description:15 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-15).
DOI:10.5479/si.1943-6688.102