Name: June Noon Lecture: A Bestiary of Mississippi’s Ice Age Animals
Start: 2026-06-02T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-06-02T13:00:00-05:00
Location: 2148 Riverside Dr, Jackson, MS, United States, Mississippi 39202

$June Noon Lecture: A Bestiary of Mississippi\u2019s Ice Age Animals$

“Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!” – A Bestiary of Mississippi’s Ice Age Animals with George Phillips
Nearly a hundred species of animals are documented among the ‘Ice Age’ (Pleistocene Epoch) fossils held in the state fossil collection at MMNS. This includes mammals, reptiles, birds, and even freshwater invertebrates.
The fossil record tells us that there are differences in the composition of Ice Age animal communities between major regions in the state, which may be interpreted as major regional ecosystem-level differences. Although modern ecosystems in the state are heavily influenced by human occupation and activity, they contain remnant Ice Age inhabitants.
We’ll discuss those and the species, or species groups, that are both extinct (no longer living) or extralimital (no longer living in Mississippi).