Pauline Cove, Herschell Island (Pleistocene of Canada)

Also known as Herschel Loc. 1

Where: Yukon, Canada (69.6° N, 138.9° W: paleocoordinates 69.6° N, 138.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• Sangamon interglacial

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. R. Harington. 1990. Ice Age Vertebrates in the Canadian Arctic Islands. Canada's Missing Dimension I:140-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73691: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.06.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mollusca indet.1 Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus lambei" = Equus alaskae
"Equus lambei" = Equus alaskae Winans 1989 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Rangifer tarandus2 Linnaeus 1758 reindeer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison priscus Bojanus 1827 bison
Bison cf. priscus Bojanus 1827 bison
Ovibos moschatus2 Zimmermann 1780 muskox
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus2 Linnaeus 1758 walrus
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 seal
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus2 Phipps 1774 polar bear
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum2 Kerr 1792 American mastodon