Where: Yukon, Canada (60.6° N, 135.0° W: paleocoordinates 61.0° N, 133.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• age of overlying basalt ranges from 8.9 to 3.2 Ma
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gravel
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float),
• collected from mine tailings
Primary reference: J. J. Eberle, J. H. Hutchison, K. Kennedy, W. Koenigswald, R. D. E. MacPhee and G. D. Zazula. 2019. The first Tertiary fossils of mammals, turtles, and fish from Canada’s Yukon. American Museum Novitates (3943)1-28 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 206138: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 31.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Esox sp. Linnaeus 1758 pike | |
Reptilia | |
Hesperotestudo sp. Williams 1950 turtle | |
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Mammalia | |
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros |