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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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:
Greenland
muskox
Nome
ovibos moschatus
Alaska
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e70-125
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spelling crcansciencepubl:10.1139/e70-125 2024-09-15T18:09:08+00:00 A Pleistocene muskox ( Ovibos moschatus) from gravels of Illinoian age near Nome, Alaska Harington, C. R. 1970 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e70-125 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e70-125 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences volume 7, issue 5, page 1326-1331 ISSN 0008-4077 1480-3313 journal-article 1970 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/e70-125 2024-07-18T04:13:31Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland muskox Nome ovibos moschatus Alaska Canadian Science Publishing Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 7 5 1326 1331
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description 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.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Harington, C. R.
spellingShingle Harington, C. R.
A Pleistocene muskox ( Ovibos moschatus) from gravels of Illinoian age near Nome, Alaska
author_facet Harington, C. R.
author_sort Harington, C. R.
title A Pleistocene muskox ( Ovibos moschatus) from gravels of Illinoian age near Nome, Alaska
title_short A Pleistocene muskox ( Ovibos moschatus) from gravels of Illinoian age near Nome, Alaska
title_full A Pleistocene muskox ( Ovibos moschatus) from gravels of Illinoian age near Nome, Alaska
title_fullStr A Pleistocene muskox ( Ovibos moschatus) from gravels of Illinoian age near Nome, Alaska
title_full_unstemmed A Pleistocene muskox ( Ovibos moschatus) from gravels of Illinoian age near Nome, Alaska
title_sort pleistocene muskox ( ovibos moschatus) from gravels of illinoian age near nome, alaska
publisher Canadian Science Publishing
publishDate 1970
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e70-125
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e70-125
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muskox
Nome
ovibos moschatus
Alaska
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ovibos moschatus
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