PBDB Collection

Cripple Creek Sump (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska (64.8° N, 147.8° W: paleocoordinates 64.9° N, 147.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

• said to be Illinoian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: T. L. Pewe and D. M. Hopkins. 1967. in Bering Land Bridge [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 20297: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.06.1994, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Mammuthus sp. Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
Proboscidea - Mammutidae	Mammut sp. Mammut sp. Blumenbach 1799 mastodon
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus sp. Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Cervus sp., Cervalces sp., Rangifer sp., Alces sp. Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer Cervalces sp. Scott 1885 stag moose Rangifer sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 reindeer Alces sp. Gray 1821 moose
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bootherium sp., Bison priscus³, Ovis sp., Praeovibos sp.⁵, Saiga sp.⁵ Bootherium sp. Harlan 1825 antelope includes "Symbos sp." of Pewe 1975 Bison priscus³ Bojanus 1827 bison "Bison (Superbison) sp." Ovis sp. Linnaeus 1758 sheep Praeovibos sp.⁵ Staudinger 1908 antelope Saiga sp.⁵ Gray 1843 saiga
Carnivora - Felidae	Felinae indet. Felinae indet. Trouessart 1885 cat "Felis sp. (large cat)"
Carnivora - Canidae	Canidae indet.¹, Vulpes sp., Canis lupus⁴ Canidae indet.¹ Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox Canis lupus⁴ Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus sp.⁵ Ursus sp.⁵ Linnaeus 1758 bear
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castoroides ohioensis² Castoroides ohioensis² Foster 1838 giant beaver