A Pleistocene muskox ( Symbos ) from Dease Lake, British Columbia

A Symbos skull fragment from Pleistocene deposits of northern British Columbia constitutes the first record of that genus for the province. In Canada, remains of this large muskox have been collected previously in western Yukon and southeastern Saskatchewan. Most of the other known specimens have be...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Author: Harington, C. R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1968
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Yukon
Canada
British Columbia
Parkland
Dease Lake
muskox
Alaska
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e68-113
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e68-113
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Summary:A Symbos skull fragment from Pleistocene deposits of northern British Columbia constitutes the first record of that genus for the province. In Canada, remains of this large muskox have been collected previously in western Yukon and southeastern Saskatchewan. Most of the other known specimens have been found in Alaska and the central United States, and the Canadian occurrences help to link these two areas of Symbos range. Symbos was adapted to warmer surroundings than Ovibos—perhaps a steppe or parkland environment.

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