and Eureka placer districts, central Alaska. TUNDRA RODENTS IN A LATE PLEISTOCENE FAUNA FROM THE TOFTY PLACER DISTRICT, CENTRAL ALASKA*

L ATE Pleistocene sediments in central and northern Alaska have yielded abundant remains of a varied large-mammal fauna (Frick 1930, Phw6 1957, p. 18). Remains of small mammals are no doubt equally abundant, but because they are less conspicuous, fewer have been collected. The late Pleistocene roden...

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Main Authors: C. A. Repenning, D. M. Hopkins, Meyer Rubin
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Summary:L ATE Pleistocene sediments in central and northern Alaska have yielded abundant remains of a varied large-mammal fauna (Frick 1930, Phw6 1957, p. 18). Remains of small mammals are no doubt equally abundant, but because they are less conspicuous, fewer have been collected. The late Pleistocene rodents of Alaska may include no extinct forms and physically