Lake Simcoe (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (44.5° N, 79.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 79.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

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

• "C-14 date of 11,700 +/- 250 B.P."

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gravel

• "beach gravels"

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the ROM

Primary reference: J. E. Guilday. 1968. Grizzly bears from eastern North America. American Midland Naturalist 79(1):247-250 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74140: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 24.07.2007

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Taxonomic list

• originally described by Peterson 1965
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758 brown bear