YG 439.38-142835 (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: Yukon , Canada (64.0° N, 139.4° W: paleocoordinates 64.0° N, 139.4° W)

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. L. A. Paijmans, R. Barnett, M. T. P. Gilbert, M. L. Z. Mendoza, J. W. F. Reumer, J. D. Vos, G. D. Zazula, D. Nagel, G. F. Baryshnikov, J. A. Leonard, N. Rohland, M. V. Westbury, A. Barlow and M. Hofreiter. 2017. Evolutionary History of Saber-Toothed Cats Based on Ancient Mitogenomics. Current Biology 27(21):3330-3336 [M. Uhen/J. Anderson/O. Alfaro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 189978: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Julia Anderson on 25.11.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium latidens Owen 1846 scimitar toothed cat