Cape Breton Island (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: Nova Scotia, Canada (46.2° N, 60.8° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 60.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• said to be Sangamonian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: 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]more details

PaleoDB collection 20583: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• said to be Sangamonian based on pollen
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon