Medicine Hat Unit XIII (Pleistocene of Canada)
Where: Alberta, Canada (50.1° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 50.1° N, 110.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• said to be Sangamonian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: C. S. Churcher. 1984. In W. C. Mahaney (ed.), Correlation of Quaternary Chronologies [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 20615: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
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Taxonomic list
• overlies Unit VII
major Medicine Hat localities include Evil-smelling Bluff, Island Bluff, Mitchell Bluff, and Surprize Bluff
Harington 1990 reports U-series dates of 0.074 +/- 0.005 and 0.076 +/- 0.005 Ma
although Nothrotheriops is not listed by Churcher, Akersten and McDonald 1991 detail an argument that such a record for the "Rancholabrean" of Medicine Hat was based on probosidean and equid material
major Medicine Hat localities include Evil-smelling Bluff, Island Bluff, Mitchell Bluff, and Surprize Bluff
Harington 1990 reports U-series dates of 0.074 +/- 0.005 and 0.076 +/- 0.005 Ma
although Nothrotheriops is not listed by Churcher, Akersten and McDonald 1991 detail an argument that such a record for the "Rancholabrean" of Medicine Hat was based on probosidean and equid material
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Mammalia | |
Camelops hesternus Leidy 1873 camel
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel | |
Ovis canadensis Shaw 1804 bighorn sheep
Bison cf. latifrons Harlan 1825 bison | |
Antilocapra cf. americana Ord 1815 pronghorn | |
? Cervalces sp. Scott 1885 stag moose
Cervus canadensis Erxleben 1777 elk
Odocoileus cf. virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer | |
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Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox | |
"Felis atrox" = Panthera leo atrox, Lynx canadensis
Lynx canadensis Kerr 1792 Canadian lynx | |
Sylvilagus floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail
Lepus cf. townsendii Bachman 1839 white-tailed jackrabbit | |
Thomomys talpoides Richardson 1828 northern pocket gopher | |
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat | |
"Citellus richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii Sabine 1822 Holarctic ground squirrel | |
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine | |
Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth | |
? Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate |