Phoenix Basin Ice Age
Reconstruction of Pleistocene fossil horse.
Drawing by Gavin McCullough.
| Museum
Researchers: |
Various |
| Location: |
Gilbert, Mesa,
Chandler and Peoria, Arizona |
| Age: |
Pleistocene, 1
million to 10,000 years old |
| Geological
Unit: |
Unconsolidated
Alluvium |
| Discoveries
Include: |
Mammoth, camel,
llama, pronghorn, horse, and tortoise. |
| Comments: |
Ice Age fossils
occur at many localities in the Phoenix
area. The museum excavations have included
the well known Gilbert Mammoth and many
firsts for Maricopa County. Firsts include:
camels, the camel Camelops, the llama
Hemiauchenia, and the pronghorn
Stockoceros. |
Publications from Phoenix Basin Ice Age
| 2006 |
Robert McCord
and Gavin McCullough. The "Gilbert Mammoth"
and Associated Fauna (abstract).
Proceedings of the Arizona Nevada Academy of
Science 41:11. |
Exposing the tusk of the
"Gilbert Mammoth" in 2005.
The Gilbert Mammoth excavation
crew attaches
a plank of wood to bolster a mammoth tusk.
Reconstruction of Columbian
Mammoth.
Drawing by Gavin McCullough.
Reconstruction of the
fossil camel Hemiauchenia.
Drawing by Gavin McCullough.
Reconstruction of
fossil four-pronged antelope Stockoceros.
Drawing by Gavin McCullough.
Fossil tortoise
discovered in Mesa during an archaeological
investigation in 2007.
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