Wolf Creek (Miocene of Canada)

Where: Yukon, Canada (60.6° N, 135.0° W: paleocoordinates 61.0° N, 133.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• age of overlying basalt ranges from 8.9 to 3.2 Ma

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gravel

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

• collected from mine tailings

Primary reference: J. J. Eberle, J. H. Hutchison, K. Kennedy, W. Koenigswald, R. D. E. MacPhee and G. D. Zazula. 2019. The first Tertiary fossils of mammals, turtles, and fish from Canada’s Yukon. American Museum Novitates (3943)1-28 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/O. Alfaro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 206138: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 31.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Esox sp. Linnaeus 1758 pike
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Hesperotestudo sp. Williams 1950 turtle
 Testudines - Emydidae
Chrysemys sp. Gray 1844 painted turtle
Chrysemys s.l.
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros