Gold Hill: Irvingtonian, Alaska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Rangifer sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison priscus
(Bojanus 1827)
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McDonald 1981 | |||||||||
"Bison (Superbison) sp." | ||||||||||
Ovibos sp.
Blainville 1816
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felinae indet.
Trouessart 1885
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"Felis sp. (large cat)" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Canis lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Nowak 1979 | |||||||||
Vulpes sp.
Frisch 1775
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska | County: | Fairbanks North Star |
Coordinates: | 64.8° North, 147.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 64.9° North, 147.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Local age/stage: | Illinoian |
Key time interval: | Irvingtonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Illinoian |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Database number: | 20346 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1994-06-07 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-06-07 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2772. | T. L. Pewe. 1975. Quaternary geology of Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 835:1-145 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
2504 | J. N. McDonald. 1981. North American Bison 1-350 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
2673 | R. M. Nowak. 1979. North American Quaternary Canis. Monograph of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 6:1-154 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |