Gold Hill: Irvingtonian, Alaska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Rangifer sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison priscus (Bojanus 1827)
McDonald 1981
"Bison (Superbison) sp."
Ovibos sp. Blainville 1816
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felinae indet. Trouessart 1885
"Felis sp. (large cat)"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Nowak 1979
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828
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]