Old Crow River (Upper OCR 300) (Pleistocene of Canada)

Also known as Unit 2

Where: Yukon, Canada (68.2° N, 140.0° W: paleocoordinates 68.3° N, 139.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• said to be Sangamonian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: A. V. Jopling, W. N. Irving, and B. F. Beebe. 1981. Stratigraphic, Sedimentological and Faunal Evidence for the Occurrence of Pre-Sangamonian Artefacts in Northern Yukon. Arctic 34(1):3-33 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 20627: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• overlies Unit 1b
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus arcticus Ross 1819 hare
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides ohioensis Foster 1838 giant beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Spermophilus parryii" = Urocitellus parryii
"Spermophilus parryii" = Urocitellus parryii Richardson 1825 arctic ground squirrel