Rappuhn Farm (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Burlington Township

Where: Lapeer County, Michigan (43.3° N, 83.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic

Primary reference: J. A. Holman, D. C. Fisher, and R. O. Kapp. 1986. Recent discoveries of fossil vertebrates in the lower peninsula of Michigan. Michigan Academician 18(3):431-463 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63219: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

• Percentages are for the percent pollen spectra, not percent of all taxa on the list. Total percent pollen spectra reported < 100%.
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unclassified
  -
Cupressacea indet.
Cupressacea indet.
plus Taxacea
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp.
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Ostrya sp., Betula sp.
Ostrya sp. Scopoli 1760 hophornbeam
plus Carpinus
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix sp., Populus sp.
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha sp.
Typha sp. Linnaeus 1753 bulrush
plus Sparganinum
 Poales - Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae indet.
Cyperaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 sedge
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp., Picea sp.
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
unclassified
  -
Pteridophyta indet.
Pteridophyta indet. Haeckel 1875
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon