Quesnel Forks (Pleistocene of Canada)
Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.0° N, 122.5° W: paleocoordinates 53.0° N, 122.5° 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. 1978. Quaternary vertebrate faunas of Canada and Alaska and their suggested chronological sequence. Syllogeus 15:1-105 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 20632: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen
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Taxonomic list
• several other taxa are listed but it not clear that they are pre-Wisconsinan and in any event they are not from a single locality
see also Harington 1990
said to be Sangamonian "or earlier"
see also Harington 1990
said to be Sangamonian "or earlier"
Show authors, comments, and common names
Mammalia | |
"Mammonteus (Elephas) primigenius" = Mammuthus primigenius, "Parelephas (Elephas) columbi" = Mammuthus columbi
"Mammonteus (Elephas) primigenius" = Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth
"Parelephas (Elephas) columbi" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth | |
Oreamnos sp. Rafinesque 1817 mountain goat |