Cape Deceit: Irvingtonian, Alaska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Curculionidae
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Vitavitus cf. thulius
Kissinger 1973
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Kissinger 1973 | 290 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Rangifer sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Cervus cf. elaphus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Ochotona whartoni
Guthrie and Matthews 1971
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Citellus sp.
Oken 1816
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= Spermophilus sp.
Cuvier 1825
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Marmota sp.
Frisch 1775
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Lemmus cf. sibiricus
Ognev 1947
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Pliomys deeringensis
Guthrie and Matthews 1971
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= Phenacomys deeringensis
Guthrie and Matthews 1971
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Microtus deceitensis
Guthrie and Matthews 1971
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= Lasiopodomys deceitensis
Guthrie and Matthews 1971
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Predicrostonyx hopkinsi
Guthrie and Matthews 1971
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alaska | County: | Northwest Arctic |
| Coordinates: | 66.6° North, 161.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 66.7° North, 161.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Irvingtonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.4 - 0.21 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cape Deceit |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
| Database number: | 20277 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1764. | R. D. Guthrie and J. V. Matthews, Jr. 1971. The Cape Deceit fauna—Early pleistocene mammalian assemblage from the Alaskan arctic. Quaternary Research 1(4):474-510 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 52238 | D. G. Kissinger. 1973. A new weevil genus from America north of the Arctic circle and notes of fossils from Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 27:193-200 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |