Proboscideans from US National Park Service lands
Mead JI, Tweet JS, Santucci VL, Rasic JT, Holte SE. 2020. Proboscideans from US National Park Service lands. Eastern Paleontologist. 6:1-48
Proboscideans (Mammalia, Proboscidea) are an ubiquitous part of North American vertebrate faunas throughout the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene. Here we discuss the fossil record of proboscideans found on public lands administered by the National Park Service (NPS), which is comprised of 419 units. At least 276 of these units contain some aspect of fossil heritage for the USA. We present 63 NPS units and affiliated areas that have records documenting fossil proboscideans. The geological and paleoecological diversity preserved and represented in these 63 units record fossils from Arctic to tropical and steppe to rainforest environments. This is an invaluable data set that has yet to be fully recognized. The information presented here, much of which has not been published, is intended as a compilation to support researchers.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Mead, Jim; Tweet, Justin; Santucci, Vincent; Rasic, Jeffrey; Holte, Sharon
- Units
- AGFO , ALEU , AMIS , ARCH , BELA , BEOL , BIBE , BICY , BITH , CAKR , CANA , CHIS , COLM , COLO , DENA , DEVA , FLFO , GAAR , GLCA , GOGA , GRCA , GRSA , HAFO , HOCU , INDE , JODA , JOMU , JOTR , KLGO , KOVA , LABE , LAKE , LAMR , MACA , MISS , MOCA , MOJA , NATR , NAVA , NEPE , NIOB , NOAT , OLYM , PAIS , PINE , POHE , SAMO , SAPU , TUSK , VAFO , VICK , WACO , WHSA , WUPA , YUCH
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Paleontology | Paleontology