A. Clarke and Sons' Gravel Pit: Pleistocene, Canada
collected by G. L. Clarke and C. S. Churcher 1962 - 1966 1965,
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus conversidens
Owen 1869
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Rangifer caribou
(Gmelin 1788)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison occidentalis
Lucas 1898
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synonym of Bison antiquus | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
Coordinates: | 51.2° North, 114.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 51.2° North, 114.2° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 11370 ± 170 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Cited Lowden et al 1967 for absolute dates. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "cross stratification",pebbly poorly lithified sandy gravel |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | G. L. Clarke and C. S. Churcher | Collection dates: | 1962 - 1966 and 1965, respectively |
Metadata
Database number: | 174511 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2015-11-14 13:07:04 | Last modified: | 2015-11-14 13:07:04 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-11-14 13:07:03 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
56934. | C. S. Churcher. 1968. Pleistocene ungulates from the Bow River gravels at Cochrane, Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 5:1467-1488 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |