Palynology and mycology of organic clay balls accompanying mastodon bones—New Brunswick, Canada

Pirozynski, K. A.; Jarzen, David M.; Carter, Adrian; Day, Richard G.

doi:10.1080/00173138809432838

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“…Spores of Sporormiella are commonly produced on the dung of herbivores such as cows, sheep, goats, horses, rabbits, moose, deer, elk and caribou (Davis 1975(Davis , 1976Davis et al 1977;Pirozynski et al 1988;Bell 1993Bell , 2005Davis and Shafer 2006;Raper and Bush, 2009). The presence of the fruiting bodies indicates the local presence of large herbivores at a site.…”

Section: Palynology 165mentioning

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A review of the use of non-pollen palynomorphs in palaeoecology with examples from Australia

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Records of the past climate and vegetation of Australia are frequently constructed using data generated from the analysis of pollen and pteridophyte spores alone, or in association with sedimentology. We demonstrate that the organic residue prepared for pollen analysis yields other organic-walled microfossils that can be used to provide additional and independent palaeoenvironmental information. These non-pollen palynomorphs (NPP) include microscopic remains of algae, cyanobacteria, fungi, insects, other invertebrates and cormophytes. Our study of the NPP from two Late Quaternary lake records from western Victoria, Australia, provided additional information on water quality, salinity, depth, temperature and nutrient levels to the general environmental interpretation derived from pollen data. From a review of the ecological preferences of taxa, and comparison of the NPP results with pollen and spore curves from the lake records, ecological indicator values were derived. The study confirms the utility of NPP in enhancing environmental reconstructions in Australia, and encourages their routine examination in palynological studies.

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Section: Palynology 165mentioning

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A review of the use of non-pollen palynomorphs in palaeoecology with examples from Australia

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“…Analysis of pollen in associated clay balls (considered to be mastodon coprolites) containing wood fragments, as well as associated peat, indicates a boreal forest environment. The blue clay enclosing the mastodon bones, as well as the remains of dung-dwelling fungi (Pirozynski et al, 1988), moss, sedges, freshwater molluscs and a beaver-cut stick all suggest that the environment was aquatic -perhaps near the shore of a lake or pond. Indeed.…”

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Vertebrates of the Last Interglaciation in Canada: A Review, with New Data

Harington¹

2007

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Vertebrate fossils and faunas that are reasonably inferred to be of last (Sangamonian) interglacial age are considered in geographic order from east to west to north in Canada. Data on localities, vertebrate taxa, stratigraphy, geochronology, paleoenvironment and paleoclimate are considered. Information on key faunas from Toronto, Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatoon. Medicine Hat and Old Crow River is supplemented by data on smaller faunas and, in some cases, individual specimens. New data are included for several localities. Fishes, such as whitefish (Coregonus sp.) and pike (Esox sp.). had broad distributions from eastern to northwestern Canada. Except for a turtle (Emydoidea blandingi) from lnnerkip, Ontario, amphibians and reptiles have not yet been reported from Canada during the Sangamon Interglaciation. Several species of grouse-like birds (Tetraonidae) are known from western Canada. Among the mammals. American mastodons (Mammut americanum), mammoths (Mammuthus sp.), beavers (Castor canadensis), giant beavers (Castoroides ohioensis), muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus), voles (Microtus sp.). white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), stag moose (Cervalces sp.), bison [perhaps mainly giant bison (Bison latifrons)\ and muskoxen (Ovibovini) were evidently most widespread during the last interglacial interval. The western plains had a characteristic large mammal fauna that included Columbian mammoths (Mammuthus columbi), Scott's horses (Equus scotti), small horses (Equus conversidens), western camels (Camelops hesternus). pronghorns (Antilocapridae), giant bison (Bison latifrons) and helmeted muskoxen (Sy m bos cavifrons).

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“…A scan of all 10 slides resulted in the identification of 32 palynomorphs, including fungal and fern spores and gymnosperm and angio- sperm pollen ( Table 2). The fungal assemblage includes several morphotypes within the Fungi Imperfecti (11,12). Gymnosperm pollen is common.…”

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Exceptionally well preserved late Quaternary plant and vertebrate fossils from a blue hole on Abaco, The Bahamas

Steadman

Rüschendorf

Morgan

et al. 2007

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Palynology and mycology of organic clay balls accompanying mastodon bones—New Brunswick, Canada

Cited by 17 publications

References 29 publications

A review of the use of non-pollen palynomorphs in palaeoecology with examples from Australia

A review of the use of non-pollen palynomorphs in palaeoecology with examples from Australia

Vertebrates of the Last Interglaciation in Canada: A Review, with New Data

Exceptionally well preserved late Quaternary plant and vertebrate fossils from a blue hole on Abaco, The Bahamas

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