Kotzebue Sound Area (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Northwest Arctic County, Alaska (66.6° N, 161.9° W: paleocoordinates 66.7° N, 161.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: T. L. Pewe and D. M. Hopkins. 1967. in Bering Land Bridge [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 20393: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.06.1994

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Taxonomic list

• said to be "Pre Illinoian (?)" and from a single locality
"Ondatra zibethicus" of "Late Illinoian or Sangamon" age is from "east shore of Baldwin Peninsula facing Hotham Inlet in the Kotzebue Sound area"
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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp.
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
"Bison (Superbison) sp."
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Rangifer sp.
Rangifer sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 reindeer
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Dicrostonyx sp.
Dicrostonyx sp. Gloger 1841 lemming