Hillsborough (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: New Brunswick, Canada (45.9° N, 64.6° W: paleocoordinates 45.9° N, 64.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

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

• said to be Sangamonian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. R. Harington, D. R. Grant, and R. J. Mott. 1993. The Hillsborough, New Brunswick, mastodon and comments on other Pleistocene mastodon fossils from Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30(6):1242-1253 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 20601: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• said to be Sangamonian based on pollen and radiocarbon
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon