An Irvingtonian Fauna from the Oldest Quaternary Alluvium in Eastern Pumpkin Creek Valley, Morrill and Banner Counties, Nebraska

Authors

R. George Corner, University of Nebraska State MuseumFollow
Robert F. Diffendal Jr., University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

5-1983

Document Type

Article

Citation

Corner, R. G., and R. F. Diffendal, Jr. 1983. An Irvingtonian fauna from the oldest Quaternary alluvium in eastern Pumpkin Creek Valley, Morrill and Banner counties, Nebraska. Contributions to Geology (University of Wyoming) 22(1): 39-43.

Abstract

Vertebrate fossils of Mammuthus meridionalis (Nesti) and Equus sp. cf. E. scotti Gidley occur at two sites in the capping alluvium of the highest strath terrace along the south side of Pumpkin Creek Valley, Nebraska. The presence of these two species supports the conclusion that the age of the capping sediments is probably early Irvingtonian (early Pleistocene).