Wally's Beach: Pleistocene, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus primigenius
(Blumenbach 1799)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus conversidens
Owen 1869
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Rangifer tarandus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison bison
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops hesternus
(Leidy 1873)
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 49.3° North, 113.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.4° North, 112.9° West |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandy not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 190079 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. So |
| Created: | 2017-11-27 16:06:34 | Last modified: | 2017-11-27 16:06:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-11-27 16:06:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63921. | P. E. McNeil. 2010. Mammoth steps: an overview of the fauna of Wally’s Beach (DhPg-8), a late Pleistocene locality from southwestern Alberta. GeoCanada 2010 – Working with the Earth [M. Uhen/J. So/M. Uhen] |