Westwold (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (50.5° N, 119.8° W: paleocoordinates 50.5° N, 119.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

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

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 20649: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• "from two tills"
Westwold is about 10 mi W of Falkland
"Sangamon, or earlier"
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. conversidens Owen 1869 horse