Boreameryx , an unusual new artiodactyl (Mammalia) from the Pliocene of Arctic Canada and endemism in Arctic fossil mammals

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Dawson, Mary R, Harington, C R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2007
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Arctic; Nunavut; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Beaver Pond
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e06-111; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e06-111

Boreameryx braskerudi, gen. et sp. nov., from Early Pliocene (about 5–4 Ma) deposits of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, is represented by the posterior portion of a dentary with three molars, a partial calcaneum, unciform, and fragments of long bones and ribs. The incompletely known structure of Boreamer...