Jack Wade Creek: An in situ Alaskan Late Pleistocene Vertebrate Assemblage
Sixty Late Pleistocene vertebrate fossils have been recovered from an inferred in situ sedimentary section of a placer mine near Jack Wade, east-central Alaska. The fossil assemblage, called the Jack Wade fauna, is composed of the partial remains of 18 animals, of which 11 are Ovis sp. cf. O. dalli...
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1986
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| description | Sixty Late Pleistocene vertebrate fossils have been recovered from an inferred in situ sedimentary section of a placer mine near Jack Wade, east-central Alaska. The fossil assemblage, called the Jack Wade fauna, is composed of the partial remains of 18 animals, of which 11 are Ovis sp. cf. O. dalli Nelson (Dall sheep). 3 Bison priscus (Bojanus) (Steppe Bison), 2 Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus) (Caribou), 1 Equus (Asinus) lambei Hay (Yukon Wild Ass) and 1 Alces alces (Linnaeus) (Moose). The assemblage is noteworthy in two respects: it is one of few Late Pleistocene in situ assemblages known from Eastern Beringia and it is composed of large ungulates exclusively. Of these, a uniquely large proportion are mountain sheep.Key words: Beringia, Pleistocene, fauna Mots clés: Béringie, pléistocène, faune |
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| genre | Alces alces Arctic Béringie Rangifer tarandus Alaska Beringia Yukon |
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| geographic | Wade Creek Yukon |
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| op_source | ARCTIC; Vol. 39 No. 4 (1986): December: 285–379; 297-299 1923-1245 0004-0843 |
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| spelling | ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65142 2025-06-15T14:06:12+00:00 Jack Wade Creek: An in situ Alaskan Late Pleistocene Vertebrate Assemblage Porter, Lee 1986-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65142 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65142/49056 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65142 ARCTIC; Vol. 39 No. 4 (1986): December: 285–379; 297-299 1923-1245 0004-0843 Mammals Palaeontology Pleistocene epoch Steppe bison Alaska Central info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1986 ftunivcalgaryojs 2025-05-27T03:29:43Z Sixty Late Pleistocene vertebrate fossils have been recovered from an inferred in situ sedimentary section of a placer mine near Jack Wade, east-central Alaska. The fossil assemblage, called the Jack Wade fauna, is composed of the partial remains of 18 animals, of which 11 are Ovis sp. cf. O. dalli Nelson (Dall sheep). 3 Bison priscus (Bojanus) (Steppe Bison), 2 Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus) (Caribou), 1 Equus (Asinus) lambei Hay (Yukon Wild Ass) and 1 Alces alces (Linnaeus) (Moose). The assemblage is noteworthy in two respects: it is one of few Late Pleistocene in situ assemblages known from Eastern Beringia and it is composed of large ungulates exclusively. Of these, a uniquely large proportion are mountain sheep.Key words: Beringia, Pleistocene, fauna Mots clés: Béringie, pléistocène, faune Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Arctic Béringie Rangifer tarandus Alaska Beringia Yukon Unknown Wade Creek ENVELOPE(-139.701,-139.701,61.458,61.458) Yukon ARCTIC 39 4 |
| spellingShingle | Mammals Palaeontology Pleistocene epoch Steppe bison Alaska Central Porter, Lee Jack Wade Creek: An in situ Alaskan Late Pleistocene Vertebrate Assemblage |
| title | Jack Wade Creek: An in situ Alaskan Late Pleistocene Vertebrate Assemblage |
| title_full | Jack Wade Creek: An in situ Alaskan Late Pleistocene Vertebrate Assemblage |
| title_fullStr | Jack Wade Creek: An in situ Alaskan Late Pleistocene Vertebrate Assemblage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Jack Wade Creek: An in situ Alaskan Late Pleistocene Vertebrate Assemblage |
| title_short | Jack Wade Creek: An in situ Alaskan Late Pleistocene Vertebrate Assemblage |
| title_sort | jack wade creek: an in situ alaskan late pleistocene vertebrate assemblage |
| topic | Mammals Palaeontology Pleistocene epoch Steppe bison Alaska Central |
| topic_facet | Mammals Palaeontology Pleistocene epoch Steppe bison Alaska Central |
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