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.
Drawing by Gavin McCullough.
Fossil tortoise discovered in Mesa during an archaeological investigation in 2007.