Fort Qu'Appelle: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus scotti Gidley 1900
synonym of Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops cf. hesternus (Leidy 1873)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervalces sp. Scott 1885
Mammalia - Bovidae
Symbos cavifrons (Leidy 1852)
    = Bootherium bombifrons Harlan 1825
Alroy 2002
Bison latifrons (Harlan 1825)
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Taxidea taxus (Schreber 1778)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus simus (Cope 1879)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. lupus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus columbi (Falconer 1857)
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 103.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.8° North, 103.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Floral
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:replaces earlier list of Khan 1970
Illinoian, not Sangamonian: Skwara and Walker 1989
Metadata
Also known as:Bliss Gravel Pit; Echo Lake
Database number:20590
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1785. C. R. Harington. 1990. Vertebrates of the Last Interglaciation in Canada: A Review, with New Data. Geographie physique et Quaternaire 44(3) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]