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Among Michigan's early significant fossil finds was the 1839 discovery of the state's first scientifically documented American mastodon remains. [11] Later in the 19th century was the 1877 discovery of five Pleistocene peccaries ( Platygonus compressus ) in an Ionia County peat bog located near the town of Belding .
This list of the prehistoric life of Michigan contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of ...
This list of the Paleozoic life of Michigan contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Michigan and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
This is a listing of sites of archaeological interest in the state of Michigan, in the United States. ... Pi-wan-go-ning Prehistoric District; Pine River Site;
Skeels reported that since MacAlpin's 1940 review of Michigan mastodon discoveries 49 new finds had been made. [1] He also performed the first census of local mammoth remains, noting that 32 Jefferson mammoths had been discovered in Michigan. [4]
The American Mastodon is not only a spectacular fossil found in southern Michigan, but is Michigan's state fossil. It is believed that these animals fed on trees, and lived in herds, much like modern elephants. Along with mammoths, specimens of mastodons with marks from stone tools have been found, which means that they were probably hunted.
The Moccasin Bluff site (also designated 20BE8) is an archaeological site located along the Red Bud Trail and the St. Joseph River north of Buchanan, Michigan.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, [1] and has been classified as a multi-component prehistoric site with the major component dating to the Late Woodland/Upper Mississippian period.
The following is a List of Michigan State Historic Sites. The register is maintained by the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office , which was established in the late 1960s after the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 . [ 1 ]