Gold Hill (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska (64.8° N, 147.8° W: paleocoordinates 64.9° N, 147.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

• said to be Illinoian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: T. L. Pewe. 1975. Quaternary geology of Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 835:1-145 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 20346: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.06.1994

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp.
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus2, Vulpes sp.
Canis lupus2 Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felinae indet.
Felinae indet. Trouessart 1885 cat
"Felis sp. (large cat)"
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Rangifer sp., Cervus sp.
Rangifer sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 reindeer
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison priscus1, Ovibos sp.
Bison priscus1 Bojanus 1827 bison
"Bison (Superbison) sp."
Ovibos sp. Blainville 1816 muskox
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
1McDonald 1981; 2Nowak 1979