east of Kenora (Holocene of Canada)

Also known as Lot K101 Concession 4J

Where: Ontario, Canada (49.8° N, 94.4° W: paleocoordinates 49.8° N, 94.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: pond; unlithified mudstone

• McDonald and Lammers 2002: Sediment from the skull yielded "a variety of marsh shrubs and herbs and pond plants.... This evidence suggests the bison died in a water-lily-covered pond one or two meters deep that was bordered with a marsh dominated by shrubs; wetland conifers (spruce, larch) grew nearby" (McAndrews, 1982:47-48).
• McDonald and Lammers 2002: The bison skeleton was entombed in organic-rich mud deposited in a lentic aquatic environment.

Size class: macrofossils

• McDonald and Lammers 2002: The skull, mandible, 14 teeth, and 58 complete or partial postcranial skeletal elements of the Kenora bison have been recovered.

Collection methods: McDonald and Lammers 2002: We extend our appreciation to Nick Serduletz of Kenora, Ontario, for salvaging the Kenora bison skeleton and donating it to the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature.

Primary reference: J. N. McDonald and G. E. Lammers. 2002. Bison antiquus from Kenora, Ontario, and Notes on the Evolution of North American Holocene Bison. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93:83-97 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 211489: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 19.07.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison antiquus
Bison antiquus Leidy 1852 bison
Bison antiquus occidentalis