Sinclair (Pleistocene) (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.6° N, 112.3° W: paleocoordinates 51.6° N, 112.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. A. Burns and R. R. Young. 1988. Occasional Papers of the Tyrell Museum of Paleotology 9 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 20529: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• also reported by Churcher 1984b as "Hand Hills" and falsely said to be SW of Delia
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephantidae indet.
Elephantidae indet. Gray 1821 elephant
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. conversidens
Equus cf. conversidens Owen 1869 horse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Spermophilus cf. richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii, Cynomys niobrarius
"Spermophilus cf. richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii Sabine 1822 Holarctic ground squirrel
Cynomys niobrarius Hay 1921 prairie dog
"Late Rancholabrean... Sinclair, Hand Hills"
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp.
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus
Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole