Caribou from the Late Pleistocene of northwestern Alabama

Rangifer tarandus, represented by the isolated distal end of a left metacarpal, was recovered during June 1987 from Bell Cave, Colbert County, Alabama. The Late Pleistocene level that yielded this caribou element is dated at [Formula: see text] years BP. This record is the first for Alabama, and the...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Authors: Churcher, C. S., Parmalee, P. W., Bell, G. L., Lamb, J. P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1989
Subjects:
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Alabama
Colbert
caribou
Rangifer tarandus
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z89-175
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z89-175
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Summary:Rangifer tarandus, represented by the isolated distal end of a left metacarpal, was recovered during June 1987 from Bell Cave, Colbert County, Alabama. The Late Pleistocene level that yielded this caribou element is dated at [Formula: see text] years BP. This record is the first for Alabama, and the most southerly known in North America.

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