Garry Island, southwestern part: Late Pleistocene, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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1 individual | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Nunavut |
| Coordinates: | 69.5° North, 135.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 69.5° North, 135.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: outwash | |
| Environment: | glacial |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 73718 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-06-26 13:32:40 | Last modified: | 2007-06-26 16:32:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-06-26 13:32:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24706. | C. R. Harington. 1990. Ice Age Vertebrates in the Canadian Arctic Islands. Canada's Missing Dimension I:140-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |