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...
Published in: | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1970
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e70-125 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e70-125 |
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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