Shishmaref Inlet (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Shishimaref Inlet

Where: Alaska (66.3° N, 166.1° W: paleocoordinates 66.3° N, 165.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Primary reference: B. Kurten and E. Anderson. 1980. Pleistocene mammals of North America 1-442 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 81916: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
 Carnivora - Otariidae
"Eumetopias jubata" = Eumetopias jubatus
"Eumetopias jubata" = Eumetopias jubatus Schreber 1776 Steller sea lion
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison