Qagnax Cave: Holocene, Alaska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus primigenius (Blumenbach 1799)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alopex lagopus (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Vulpes lagopus
Reptilia
Aves indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alaska County:St. Paul Island
Coordinates: 57.2° North, 170.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:57.2° North, 170.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:5700 YBP (14C)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: 5700 ybp
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:cave
Geology comments: lava tube cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:92955
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:N. Kahane Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-12-16 15:53:31 Last modified:2022-12-06 13:54:01
Access level:the public Released:2009-12-16 15:53:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31408. D. W. Veltre, D. R. Yesner, K. J. Crossen, R. W. Graham, and J. B. Coltrain. 2008. Patterns of faunal extinction and paleoclimatic change from mid-Holocene mammoth and polar bear remains, Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Quaternary Research 70:40-50 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

81667 S. J. Crockford. 2022. Polar Bear Fossil and Archaeological Records from the Pleistocene and Holocene in Relation to Sea Ice Extent and Open Water Polynyas. Openquaternary 8(7):1-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]