A Pleistocene muskox ( Ovibos moschatus ) from gravels of Illinoian age near Nome, Alaska

A muskox cranial fragment from outwash gravels of Illinoian age near Nome, Alaska is referable to Ovibos moschatus, which survives in arctic Canada and Greenland. The specimen is evidence suggesting that O. moschatus first entered North America from Eurasia across a land connection during the penult...

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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 1970
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Arctic
Canada
Greenland
muskox
Nome
ovibos moschatus
Alaska
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e70-125
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e70-125
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Summary:A muskox cranial fragment from outwash gravels of Illinoian age near Nome, Alaska is referable to Ovibos moschatus, which survives in arctic Canada and Greenland. The specimen is evidence suggesting that O. moschatus first entered North America from Eurasia across a land connection during the penultimate (Illinoian) glaciation.

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