A Late Pleistocene-Holocene Vertebrate Fauna From Red Willow County, Nebraska
Wet gravel pits in Red Willow County, Nebraska have yielded numerous fossil bones from sediments ranging in composition from black peat to coarse gravels. Glaciations to the north and northeast and in alpine situations in the Rocky Mountains may have caused a unique fauna to range into the High Plai...
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ftunivnebraskali:oai:digitalcommons.unl.edu:tnas-1427 2023-11-12T04:24:13+01:00 A Late Pleistocene-Holocene Vertebrate Fauna From Red Willow County, Nebraska Corner, R. George 1977-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tnas/423 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/tnas/article/1427/viewcontent/TNAS__A_late_pleistocene__holocene_vertebrate_fauna_form_red_willow_county_NE.pdf unknown DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tnas/423 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/tnas/article/1427/viewcontent/TNAS__A_late_pleistocene__holocene_vertebrate_fauna_form_red_willow_county_NE.pdf Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies text 1977 ftunivnebraskali 2023-10-30T11:05:02Z Wet gravel pits in Red Willow County, Nebraska have yielded numerous fossil bones from sediments ranging in composition from black peat to coarse gravels. Glaciations to the north and northeast and in alpine situations in the Rocky Mountains may have caused a unique fauna to range into the High Plains in what is now southwestern Nebraska. The mammals recovered consist of twenty-four species. Of these twelve are extinct and six others no longer occur in the area. Geographic ranges are extended for Sangamona, Rangifer tarandus, Symbos cavifrons, Ovibos moschatus, and Ovis catclawensis. Techniques of gravel recovery resulted in mixing of the fauna, which ranges throughout the Latest Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) and into the Holocene. A temperate-to-cold climate is indicated for part of the Late Pleistocene (Post-Sangamon) in southwestern Nebraska. Text ovibos moschatus Rangifer tarandus University of Nebraska-Lincoln: DigitalCommons@UNL |
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Wet gravel pits in Red Willow County, Nebraska have yielded numerous fossil bones from sediments ranging in composition from black peat to coarse gravels. Glaciations to the north and northeast and in alpine situations in the Rocky Mountains may have caused a unique fauna to range into the High Plains in what is now southwestern Nebraska. The mammals recovered consist of twenty-four species. Of these twelve are extinct and six others no longer occur in the area. Geographic ranges are extended for Sangamona, Rangifer tarandus, Symbos cavifrons, Ovibos moschatus, and Ovis catclawensis. Techniques of gravel recovery resulted in mixing of the fauna, which ranges throughout the Latest Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) and into the Holocene. A temperate-to-cold climate is indicated for part of the Late Pleistocene (Post-Sangamon) in southwestern Nebraska. |
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A Late Pleistocene-Holocene Vertebrate Fauna From Red Willow County, Nebraska |
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A Late Pleistocene-Holocene Vertebrate Fauna From Red Willow County, Nebraska |
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A Late Pleistocene-Holocene Vertebrate Fauna From Red Willow County, Nebraska |
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A Late Pleistocene-Holocene Vertebrate Fauna From Red Willow County, Nebraska |
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A Late Pleistocene-Holocene Vertebrate Fauna From Red Willow County, Nebraska |
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late pleistocene-holocene vertebrate fauna from red willow county, nebraska |
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