The Pleistocene of North America

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Author

Hay, Oliver Perry, 1846-1930

Title

The Pleistocene of North America and its vertebrated animals from the states east of the Mississippi River and from the Canadian provinces east of longitude 95°

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QE: Science: Geology

Subject

Vertebrates, Fossil

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 61765

Release Date

April 6, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE PLEISTOCENE OF NORTH AMERICA AND ITS VERTEBRATED ANIMALS FROM THE STATES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND FROM THE CANADIAN PROVINCES EAST OF LONGITUDE 95°.
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.PREFACE. — CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE DIVISIONS OF THE PLEISTOCENE. — I. Limits of the Pleistocene. — II. The Blanco Pliocene. — III. The Historical Divisions of the Pleistocene. — IV. Elevations of the Continent Immediately Preceding or Accompanying the Opening of the Pleistocene. — V. Connections with Asia and South America. — VI. The Sources of the Vertebrates of the Pleistocene. — VII. The Richness of the Pleistocene Vertebrate Life. — VIII. On Evolution During the Pleistocene. — IX. Did the Extinction of Species Take Place Mostly at the End of the Pleistocene? — X. The Stratigraphical and Time Limits of the Earliest Pleistocene. — XI. The First Interglacial, or Aftonian, Stage. — XII. The Yarmouth Interglacial Stage. — XIII. The Illinoian Glacial Stage. — XIV. The Sangamon Interglacial Stage. — XV. The Peorian Interglacial Stage. — XVI. The Wisconsin Glacial Stage and the Wabash Beds. — XVII. On the Theory of the Pleistocene Terraces of the Coastal Plain.
5. 5.FINDS OF PLEISTOCENE CETACEANS IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — ONTARIO. — QUEBEC. — NEW BRUNSWICK. — VERMONT. — NORTH CAROLINA. — SOUTH CAROLINA. — GEORGIA. — FLORIDA.
6. 6.FINDS OF PLEISTOCENE PINNIPEDIA IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — GRINNELL LAND. — NOVA SCOTIA. — NEW BRUNSWICK. — QUEBEC. — ONTARIO. — MAINE. — NEW HAMPSHIRE. — MASSACHUSETTS. — NEW JERSEY. — VIRGINIA. — NORTH CAROLINA. — SOUTH CAROLINA.
7. 7.FINDS OF XENARTHRA IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — NEW JERSEY. — PENNSYLVANIA. — OHIO. — INDIANA. — ILLINOIS. — VIRGINIA. — WEST VIRGINIA. — SOUTH CAROLINA. — GEORGIA. — FLORIDA. — ALABAMA. — MISSISSIPPI. — TENNESSEE. — KENTUCKY.
8. 8.FINDS OF PLEISTOCENE MASTODONS IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — ONTARIO. — CAPE BRETON ISLAND. — MASSACHUSETTS. — CONNECTICUT. — NEW YORK. — NEW JERSEY. — PENNSYLVANIA. — OHIO. — In Unglaciated Region. — In Illinoian Drift Area. — In Area of Wisconsin Drift. — MICHIGAN. — INDIANA. — Mastodons Found in the Unglaciated Region. — Mastodons Found Within Area Covered by Illinoian Drift. — Mastodons Found Between the Shelbyville and the Bloomington Moraines. — Mastodons Found North of the Bloomington Morainic System and South of the Wabash River and the Mississinawa Moraine. — Mastodons Found Within the Mississinawa Moraine. — Mastodons Found Outside of Mississinawa Moraine and Between Wabash and Kankakee Rivers. — Mastodons Found North of Kankakee River. — ILLINOIS. — Outside of Area of Illinoian Drift. — Within Area Covered by Illinoian Drift. — WISCONSIN. — MARYLAND. — VIRGINIA. — WEST VIRGINIA. — NORTH CAROLINA. — SOUTH CAROLINA. — GEORGIA. — FLORIDA. — ALABAMA. — MISSISSIPPI. — TENNESSEE. — KENTUCKY.
9. 9.FINDS OF ELEPHAS PRIMIGENIUS IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — ONTARIO. — NEW YORK. — NEW JERSEY. — PENNSYLVANIA. — OHIO. — MICHIGAN. — INDIANA. — In Area Covered by Illinoian Drift. — In Area Between the Shelbyville and the Bloomington Moraines. — In Area North of Bloomington Moraine and South of the Mississinawa Moraine and the Wabash River. — In Area North of Kankakee River. — In Area Between the Wabash and Kankakee Rivers. — ILLINOIS. — WISCONSIN. — MARYLAND. — VIRGINIA. — NORTH CAROLINA. — FLORIDA. — TENNESSEE. — KENTUCKY.
10. 10.FINDS OF ELEPHAS COLUMBI IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — ONTARIO. — VERMONT. — NEW YORK. — NEW JERSEY. — PENNSYLVANIA. — OHIO. — MICHIGAN. — INDIANA. — ILLINOIS. — MARYLAND. — WEST VIRGINIA. — NORTH CAROLINA. — SOUTH CAROLINA. — GEORGIA. — FLORIDA. — KENTUCKY.
11. 11.FINDS OF ELEPHAS IMPERATOR IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — SOUTH CAROLINA. — FLORIDA. — ALABAMA.
12. 12.FINDS OF ELEPHANTS OF UNDETERMINED SPECIES IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — UNGAVA. — ONTARIO. — VERMONT. — NEW YORK. — PENNSYLVANIA. — OHIO. — MICHIGAN. — INDIANA. — In Driftless Area. — On Area Covered by Illinoian Drift. — On Area Between the Shelbyville and the Bloomington Moraines. — In Area North of the Bloomington Moraine and South of the Wabash River and the Mississinawa Moraine. — In Area North of Wabash River. — ILLINOIS. — Within the Area of the Illinoian Drift. — Elephants Found Within the Area of the Wisconsin Drift. — In the Unglaciated Region in the Northwest Corner of the State. — WISCONSIN. — MARYLAND AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. — VIRGINIA. — WEST VIRGINIA. — NORTH CAROLINA. — FLORIDA. — MISSISSIPPI. — TENNESSEE. — KENTUCKY.
13. 13.FINDS OF PLEISTOCENE EQUIDÆ IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — MASSACHUSETTS. — NEW YORK. — NEW JERSEY. — PENNSYLVANIA. — OHIO. — INDIANA. — ILLINOIS. — MARYLAND AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. — VIRGINIA. — WEST VIRGINIA. — NORTH CAROLINA. — SOUTH CAROLINA. — GEORGIA. — FLORIDA. — ALABAMA. — MISSISSIPPI. — TENNESSEE. — KENTUCKY.
14. 14.FINDS OF PLEISTOCENE TAPIRIDÆ IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — PENNSYLVANIA. — OHIO. — INDIANA. — MARYLAND. — VIRGINIA. — SOUTH CAROLINA. — GEORGIA. — FLORIDA. — MISSISSIPPI. — TENNESSEE. — KENTUCKY.
15. 15.FINDS OF RHINOCEROSES IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — FLORIDA.
16. 16.FINDS OF PLEISTOCENE PECCARIES IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — NEW YORK. — NEW JERSEY. — PENNSYLVANIA. — OHIO. — MICHIGAN. — INDIANA. — ILLINOIS. — WISCONSIN. — MARYLAND. — VIRGINIA. — WEST VIRGINIA. — SOUTH CAROLINA. — FLORIDA. — TENNESSEE. — KENTUCKY.
17. 17.FINDS OF PLEISTOCENE CAMELIDÆ IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — PENNSYLVANIA. — FLORIDA. — TENNESSEE.
18. 18.FINDS OF PLEISTOCENE DEER OF THE GENUS ODOCOILEUS IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — ONTARIO. — NEW YORK. — NEW JERSEY. — PENNSYLVANIA. — OHIO. — MICHIGAN. — INDIANA. — ILLINOIS. — WISCONSIN. — MARYLAND. — VIRGINIA. — WEST VIRGINIA. — NORTH CAROLINA. — SOUTH CAROLINA. — FLORIDA. — MISSISSIPPI. — TENNESSEE. — KENTUCKY.
19. 19.FINDS OF CERVUS CANADENSIS IN THE PLEISTOCENE OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — ONTARIO. — VERMONT. — NEW YORK. — NEW JERSEY. — PENNSYLVANIA. — MICHIGAN. — INDIANA. — ILLINOIS. — WISCONSIN. — MARYLAND. — NORTH CAROLINA. — SOUTH CAROLINA. — GEORGIA. — FLORIDA. — TENNESSEE. — KENTUCKY.
20. 20.FINDS OF RANGIFER IN THE PLEISTOCENE OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — GRINNELL LAND. — ONTARIO. — VERMONT. — CONNECTICUT. — NEW YORK. — NEW JERSEY. — PENNSYLVANIA. — ILLINOIS. — WISCONSIN. — KENTUCKY.
21. 21.FINDS OF MUSK-OXEN IN THE PLEISTOCENE OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — GRINNELL LAND. — NEW JERSEY. — PENNSYLVANIA. — OHIO. — MICHIGAN. — INDIANA. — ILLINOIS. — WEST VIRGINIA. — MISSISSIPPI. — KENTUCKY.
22. 22.FINDS OF EXTINCT BISONS IN THE PLEISTOCENE OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — ONTARIO. — PENNSYLVANIA. — OHIO. — INDIANA. — ILLINOIS. — WISCONSIN. — MARYLAND. — VIRGINIA. — SOUTH CAROLINA. — GEORGIA. — FLORIDA. — ALABAMA. — MISSISSIPPI. — KENTUCKY.
23. 23.FINDS OF BISON BISON IN THE PLEISTOCENE OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — ONTARIO. — MASSACHUSETTS. — NEW YORK. — NEW JERSEY. — PENNSYLVANIA. — INDIANA. — ILLINOIS. — WISCONSIN. — KENTUCKY.
24. 24.FINDS OF CASTOROIDES IN PLEISTOCENE OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. — NEW YORK. — PENNSYLVANIA. — OHIO. — MICHIGAN. — INDIANA. — ILLINOIS. — SOUTH CAROLINA. — GEORGIA. — MISSISSIPPI. — TENNESSEE.
25. 25.ON THE PLEISTOCENE GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA AND ITS RELATION TO ITS FOSSIL VERTEBRATES. — ONTARIO. — QUEBEC. — NEW BRUNSWICK, NOVA SCOTIA, AND CAPE BRETON ISLAND. — NEW ENGLAND. — NEW YORK. — NEW JERSEY. — PENNSYLVANIA. — List of species of vertebrates. — List of fossil vertebrates from Durham Cave. — List of species of vertebrates found in Port Kennedy Cave. — OHIO. — MICHIGAN. — INDIANA. — ILLINOIS. — WISCONSIN. — MARYLAND AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. — VIRGINIA. — WEST VIRGINIA. — NORTH CAROLINA. — SOUTH CAROLINA. — GEORGIA. — FLORIDA. — List of Pleistocene vertebrates found in Hillsboro, Manatee, and Sarasota Counties. — List of fossil vertebrates found at Vero in stratum No. 2. — List of fossil vertebrates found at Vero, in stratum No. 3. — ALABAMA. — MISSISSIPPI. — TENNESSEE. — KENTUCKY.
26. 26.MAPS AND THEIR EXPLANATIONS
27. 27.INDEX

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