Quesnel Forks (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.0° N, 122.5° W: paleocoordinates 53.0° N, 122.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• said to be Sangamonian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. R. Harington. 1978. Quaternary vertebrate faunas of Canada and Alaska and their suggested chronological sequence. Syllogeus 15:1-105 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 20632: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

• several other taxa are listed but it not clear that they are pre-Wisconsinan and in any event they are not from a single locality
see also Harington 1990
said to be Sangamonian "or earlier"
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Parelephas (Elephas) columbi" = Mammuthus columbi, "Mammonteus (Elephas) primigenius" = Mammuthus primigenius
"Parelephas (Elephas) columbi" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth
"Mammonteus (Elephas) primigenius" = Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Oreamnos sp. Rafinesque 1817 mountain goat