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Quaternary vertebrate inventories (USA)

The following is a collection of various publications (and a couple of web-only sources) that list records of Quaternary vertebrate finds in the United States. Some (but obviously not all) are available online. Many are decades old, but that's just how this exercise works. (There is a definite bias to mammoths and mastodons, but that's just how I work.) I expect this to grow over time.

Hay's Catalogs

Hay, O. P. 1920. Descriptions of some Pleistocene vertebrates found in the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58:83–146.

Hay, O. P. 1923. 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°. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 322.

Hay, O. P. 1924. The Pleistocene of the middle region of North America and its vertebrated animals. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 322A.

Hay, O. P. 1927. The Pleistocene of the western region of North America and its vertebrated animals. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 322B.

Arizona

Agenbroad, L. D., J. I. Mead, C. V. Haynes, Jr., and R. H. Hevly. 2013. Fossil fauna and flora from Late Pleistocene Cerros Negros Locality, Pinal County, Arizona: with update of Mammuthus and all Mammut localities from Arizona. The Southwestern Naturalist 58(1):50–53. doi: 10.1894/0038-4909-58.1.50.

Lance, J. F. 1960. Stratigraphic and structural position of Cenozoic fossil localities in Arizona. Arizona Geological Society Digest 3:155–159.

Lindsay, E. H. and N. T. Tessman. 1974. Cenozoic vertebrate localities and faunas in Arizona. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science 9(1):3–24.

Nations, J. D. and J. J. Landye. 1984. Cenozoic plant and animal fossils of Arizona. Pages 7–35 in T. L. Smiley, J. D. Nations, T. L. Pewe, and J. P. Schafer, editors. Landscapes of Arizona: the geological story. University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland.

Arkansas

Quinn, J. 1972. Extinct mammals in Arkansas and related C14 dates circa 3000 years age. 24th International Geological Congress, Section 12:89–96.

California

Jefferson, G. T. 1991. A catalogue of late Quaternary vertebrates from California: part one, nonmarine lower vertebrate and avian taxa. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Report 5.

Jefferson, G. T. 1991. A catalogue of Late Quaternary vertebrates from California. Part two: mammals. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Report 7.

Connecticut

Lucas, S. G. 1993. A Pleistocene horse from Connecticut. The Mosasaur 5:43–46.

Florida

Hurlbert, R. Jr., editor. 2001. The fossil vertebrates of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Sellards, E. H. 1916. Fossil vertebrates from Florida: a new Miocene fauna; new Pliocene species; the Pleistocene fauna. Pages 77–179 in Florida Geological Survey Eighth Annual Report. Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee, Florida.

Simpson, G. G. 1929. The extinct land mammals of Florida. Pages 229-279 in Florida Geological Survey Twentieth Annual Report. Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee, Florida.

Webb, S. D. 1974. Pleistocene mammals of Florida [log in to read]. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Georgia

Lipps, E. L., R. W. Purdy, and R. A. Martin. 1988. An annotated bibliography of the Pleistocene vertebrates of Georgia. Georgia Journal of Science 46(2):109–148.

Voorhies, M. R. 1974. Pleistocene vertebrates with boreal affinities in the Georgia Piedmont. Quaternary Research 4:85–93.

Hawaii

James, H. F., and S. L. Olson. 1991. Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands. Part II. Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs 46.

Olson, S. L., and H. F. James. 1982. Prodromus of the fossil avifauna of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 365: 1–59.

Olson, S. L. and H. F. James. 1991. Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands. Part I. Non-Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs 45.

Illinois

Anderson, N. C. 1905. A preliminary list of fossil mastodon and mammoth remains in Illinois and Iowa. Augustana Book Concern Printers, Rock Island, Illinois. Augustana Library Publications 5.

Baker, F. C. 1920. The life of the Pleistocene or glacial period. University of Illinois Bulletin 17(41).

Bagg, R. M., Jr. 1909. Notes on the distribution of the mastodon in Illinois. University Studies 3(2):46–57. [link missing pages 46 and 47]

Indiana

Richards, R. L. 1984. The Pleistocene vertebrate collection of the Indiana State Museum with a list of the extinct and extralocal Pleistocene vertebrates of Indiana. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 93:483–504.

Richards, R. L., and J. N. McDonald. 1991. New records of Harlan's Muskox (Bootherium bombifrons) and an associated fauna from the Late Pleistocene of Indiana. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 99:211–228.

(search the Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science for "Pleistocene", and you'll find several more individual sites)

Iowa

Anderson, N. C. 1905. A preliminary list of fossil mastodon and mammoth remains in Illinois and Iowa. Augustana Book Concern Printers, Rock Island, Illinois. Augustana Library Publications 5.

Hay, O. P. 1914. The Pleistocene mammals of Iowa. Iowa Geological Survey Annual Report 23(1):1–662.

Rhodes, R. S. II and H. A. Semken Jr. 1986. Quaternary biostratigraphy and paleoecology of fossil mammals from the Loess Hills region of western Iowa. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 93(3):94–129.

Kentucky

Cooper, C. L. 1931. The Pleistocene fauna of Kentucky. Pages 435–461 in The paleontology of Kentucky. Kentucky Geological Survey, Lexington, KY. Series 6. Geologic Report 36.

Massachusetts

Romer, A. S. 1951. Bison crassicornis in the Late Pleistocene of New England. Journal of Mammalogy 32(2):230–231.

Oldale, R. N., J. R. Grimes, and F. C. Whitmore, Jr. 1988. Late-Wisconsinan elephant teeth from the western Gulf of Maine. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 20(1):59.

Michigan

Abraczinskas, L. M. 1992. The distribution of Pleistocene proboscidean sites in Michigan: An update of records and a co-occurrence analysis of their relation to surface saline water. Thesis. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

Abraczinskas, L. M. 1993. Pleistocene proboscidean sites in Michigan: New records and an update on published sites. Michigan Academician 25(4):443–490.

Holman, J. A., 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.

Semken, H.A., B.B. Miller, and J.B. Stevens. 1964. Late Wisconsin Woodland Musk oxen in association with pollen and invertebrates from Michigan. Journal of Paleontology 38(5):823–835.

Skeels, M. A. 1962. The mastodons and mammoths of Michigan. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 47:101–133.

Minnesota

Stauffer, C. R. "1945". Some Pleistocene mammalian inhabitants of Minnesota. Minnesota Academy of Science Proceedings 13:20–43.

Missouri

Hawksley, O. 1986. Remains of Quaternary vertebrates from Ozark caves and other miscellaneous sites. Missouri Speleology 26(1-2):1–67.

Haynes, C. V., M. Stuiver, H. Haas, J. E. King, F. B. King, and J. J. Saunders. 1983. Mid-Wisconsinan radiocarbon dates from mastodon- and mammoth-bearing springs, Ozark Highland, Missouri. Radiocarbon 25(2):381–391.

Nebraska

Genoways, H. H. 2021. Holocene records of Nebraska mammals. Zea E-Books Collection 99.

Schultz, C. B., and L. Tanner. 1957. Medial Pleistocene fossil vertebrate localities in Nebraska. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 4(4).

Nevada

Jefferson, G. T., H. G. McDonald, and S. D. Livingston. 2015. Catalogue of late Quaternary and Holocene fossil vertebrates from Nevada. Nevada State Museum, Carson City, Nevada. Occasional Papers 6.

New Mexico

Harris, A. H. 1993. Quaternary vertebrates of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 2:179–197

Lucas, S. G., and J. A. Effinger. 1991. Mammuthus from Lincoln County and a review of the mammoths from the Pleistocene of New Mexico. Pages 277–282 in J. M. Barker, B. S. Kues, G. S. Austin, and S. G. Lucas, editors. Geology of the Sierra Blanca, Sacramento and Capitan Ranges, New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society, Socorro, New Mexico. Guidebook 42.

Lucas, S. G., and G. S. Morgan. 1997. The American mastodont (Mammut americanum) in New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 42(3):312–317.

Morgan, G. S., and A. H. Harris. 2015. Pliocene and Pleistocene vertebrates of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 68:233–427.

Morgan, G. S., and S. G. Lucas. 2000. Pliocene and Pleistocene vertebrate faunas from the Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 16:217–240.

Morgan, G. S., and S. G. Lucas. 2003. Mammalian biochronology of Blancan and Irvingtonian (Pliocene and early Pleistocene) faunas from New Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279:269–320.

Morgan, G. S., and S. G. Lucas. 2005. Pleistocene vertebrate faunas in New Mexico from alluvial, fluvial, and lacustrine deposits. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 28:185–248.

Morgan, G. S., S. G. Lucas, P. L., and A. P. Hunt. 2001. A review of Pleistocene vertebrate faunas from northeastern New Mexico. Pages 265–284 in S. G. Lucas and D. Ulmer-Scholle, editors. Geology of the Llano Estacado. New Mexico Geological Society, Socorro, New Mexico. Guidebook 52.

New Jersey

Jepsen, G. L. 1960 [1962 and 1964 editions as well]. A New Jersey mastodon. New Jersey State Museum Bulletin 6.

Parris, D. C. 1983. New and revised records of Pleistocene mammals of New Jersey. The Mosasaur 1:1–21.

Richards, H. G. 1951. Some recent discoveries of Pleistocene mammals from New Jersey. New Jersey Department of Conservation, Trenton, New Jersey. Bulletin, Geological Series 60.

New York

Hartnagel, C. A., and S. C. Bishop. 1921. The mastodons, mammoths and other Pleistocene mammals of New York State. New York State Museum Bulletins 241 and 242.

North Dakota

Hoganson, J. W. 2006. Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) mammals of North Dakota. North Dakota Geological Survey Geological Investigations 24:79–83.

Hoganson, J. W. 2010. Ice Age mammals of North Dakota: where have all the large mammals gone? North Dakota Geological Survey, Bismarck, North Dakota. Geo News 37(2):3–7.

Kihm, A. J. 1987. Pleistocene and early Holocene fossil mammals of North Dakota. Pages 86–92 in J. P. Bluemle, editor. Glacial geology of central North Dakota. 1987 field trip of the North Dakota Geological Society.

Ohio

Hansen, M. C. 2005. Chapter 21, Phylum Chordata—vertebrate fossils. Pages 288–269 in R. M. Feldmann and M. Hackathorn, editors. 2005. Fossils of Ohio, 2nd edition. Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, Columbus, Ohio. Bulletin 70.

Oklahoma

Smith, K. S., and R. L. Cifelli. 2000. A synopsis of the Pleistocene vertebrates of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 147.

South Dakota

Pinsof, J. D. 1985. The Pleistocene vertebrate localities of South Dakota. Dakoterra 2(2):233–264.

Tennessee

Corgan, J. 1976. Vertebrate fossils of Tennessee. Tennessee Department of Conservation, Division of Geology Bulletin 77.

Texas

Johnston, C. S., and D. E. Savage. 1955. A survey of the various Late Cenozoic vertebrate faunas of the Panhandle of Texas, Part I: Introduction, description of localities, preliminary faunal lists. University of California Press.

Lundelius, E. L., Jr. 1967. Late Pleistocene and Holocene faunal history of central Texas. Pages 287–319 in P. S. Martin and H. E. Wright, Jr., editors. Pleistocene extinctions: a search for a cause. Yale University Press, New Haven.

Savage, D. E. 1955. A survey of the various late Cenozoic vertebrate faunas of the panhandle of Texas, Part II: Proboscidea. University of California Publications in Geologic Sciences 31:51–74.

Utah

Gillette, D. D., and W. E. Miller. 1999. Catalogue of new Pleistocene mammalian sites and recovered fossils from Utah. Pages 523–530 in D. D. Gillette, editor. Vertebrate paleontology in Utah. Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, Utah. Miscellaneous Publication 99-1.

Jefferson, G. T., W. E. Miller, M. E. Nelson, and J. H. Madsen Jr. 1994. Catalogue of late Quaternary vertebrates from Utah. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Report 9

Virginia

Eshelman, R., and F. Grady. 1986. Quaternary vertebrate localities of Virginia and their avian and mammalian fauna. Pages 43–70 in J. N. McDonald and S. O. Bird, editors. The Quaternary of Virginia. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Charlottesville, Virginia. Publication 75.

Parris, D. C., and B. S. Grandstaff. 1993. Quaternary vertebrates of the Virginia coastal plain. The Mosasaur 5:19–21.

Washington

Lyman, R. L., and S. D. Livingston. 1983. Late Quaternary mammalian zoogeography of eastern Washington. Quaternary Research 20:360–373.

Wisconsin

West, R. M., and J. E. Dallman. 1980. Late Pleistocene and Holocene vertebrate fossil record of Wisconsin. Geoscience Wisconsin 4:25–45.

Wyoming

Walker, D. N. 1987. Late Pleistocene/Holocene environmental changes in Wyoming: the mammalian record. Pages 334–393 in R. W. Graham, H. A. Semken, Jr., and M. A. Graham, editors. Late Quaternary mammalian biogeography and environments of the Great Plains and prairies. Illinois State Museum Scientific Papers 22.

Broader areas

Neotoma Paleoecology Database

Pleistocene Vertebrates of Southwestern USA and Northwestern Mexico (note that there are broken high-level links for the taxonomic groups, e.g., "Mammal" in the header goes to https://www.utep.edu/leb/pleistnm/mamm, which doesn't exist, and all of the mammal pages are actually at permutations of https://www.utep.edu/leb/pleistnm/taxamamm/ (this address in and of itself also does not exist, but is in the architecture of the valid pages). Fortunately, the UTEP "page not found" site also includes a search box and search results, making it possible to find the taxonomic pages.)

Records of Pleistocene and early Holocene Mammals in the Northeast

Agenbroad, L. D., and J. I. Mead. 1987. Late Pleistocene alluvium and megafauna dung deposits of the central Colorado Plateau. Pages 68–84 in G. H. Davis and E. M. VandenDolder, editors. Geologic diversity of Arizona and its margins: excursions to choice areas. State of Arizona, Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Tucson, Arizona. Special Paper 5.

Agenbroad, L. D., and J. I. Mead. 1989. Quaternary geochronology and distribution of Mammuthus on the Colorado Plateau. Geology 17(9):861–864.

Agenbroad, L. D., J. I. Mead, and R. E. Reynolds. 1992. Mammoths in the Colorado River corridor. San Bernardino County Museum Special Publication 92-2: 104–106.

Agenbroad, L. D. 1984. New world mammoth distribution. Pages 90-112 in P. S. Martin and R. G. Klein, editors. Quaternary extinction: a prehistoric revolution. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona.

Anderson, R. S., J. L. Betancourt, J. I. Mead, R. H. Hevly, and D. P. Adam. 2000. Middle-and late-Wisconsin paleobotanic and paleoclimatic records from the southern Colorado Plateau, USA. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 155(1–2):31–57.

Coats, L. L., K. L. Cole, and J. I. Mead. 2008. 50,000 years of vegetation and climate history on the Colorado Plateau, Utah and Arizona, USA. Quaternary Research 70(2):322–338. doi: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.04.006.

Graham, R. W. 1987. Late Quaternary mammalian faunas and paleoenvironments of the southwestern Plains of the United States. Pages 24–86 in R. W. Graham, H. A. Semken, Jr., and M. A. Graham, editors. Late Quaternary mammalian biogeography and environments of the Great Plains and prairies. Illinois State Museum Scientific Papers 22.

Harington, C. R., and A. C. Ashworth. 1986. A mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) tooth from late Wisconsin deposits near Embden, North Dakota, and comments on the distribution of woolly mammoths south of the Wisconsin ice sheets. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 23(7):909–918.

Harris, A. H. 1985. Late Pleistocene vertebrate paleoecology of the West [log in to read]. University of Texas Press, Austin.

Kurtén, B., and E. Anderson. 1980. Pleistocene mammals of North America [log in to read]. Columbia University Press, New York, New York.

Lundelius, E. L., Jr., R. W. Graham, E. Anderson, J. Guilday, J. A. Holman, D. W. Steadman, and S. D. Webb. 1983. Terrestrial vertebrate faunas. Pages 311–353 in S. C. Porter, editor. Late-Quaternary environments of the United States: volume 1, the late Pleistocene [log in to read]. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

McDonald, J. N., and C. E. Ray. 1993. Records of musk oxen from the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. The Mosasaur 5:1–18.

Mead, J. I., and L. D. Agenbroad. 1992. Isotope dating of Pleistocene dung deposits from the Colorado Plateau, Arizona and Utah. Radiocarbon 34(1):1-19.

Semken, H. A., Jr., and C. R. Falk. 1987. Late Pleistocene/Holocene mammalian faunas and environmental changes on the northern plains of the United States. Pages 176–313 in R. W. Graham, H. A. Semken, Jr., and M. A. Graham, editors. Late Quaternary mammalian biogeography and environments of the Great Plains and prairies. Illinois State Museum Scientific Papers 22.

Whitmore, F. C., K. O. Emery, H. B. S. Cooke, and D. J. P. Swift. 1967. Elephant teeth from the Atlantic Continental Shelf. Science 156(3781):1477–1481.

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