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A Pleistocene Ecosystem
by Wesley Gordon
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Chapter 7. The Irvington Biota Data and Interpretation

The following list if Irvington animal and plant fossils is a good example of how not to arrange data. Here again we must emphasize the common sense of arranging data so that they can be easily understood and thus more easily interpreted. How many carnivores are on the list? How many plants? Are amphibians listed? In what order did the organisms evolve?

Sabercats (two kinds)  

deer

oxlike animals

Geese

mammoths

dire wolves

Toads

ground

 

squirrels

oaks

 

Coyotes

horses

antelopes

Mastodons

camels (two kinds)

badgers

Peccaries

pocket mice

seals

Ground sloth (two kinds)

freshwater clams

rabbits

 

Foxes

freshwater fishes

Voles

frogs

willows

Ducks

pocket gopher

white-footed mice

Turtles

bears

cattails

Freshwater snails

wood rats

 

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