Taxonomy, location of origin, and health status of proboscideans from Western Canada investigated using stable isotope analysis

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Metcalfe, Jessica Z, Longstaffe, Fred, Jass, Christopher N, Zazula, Grant D, Keddie, Grant
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarship@Western 2016
• Subjects: isotopes; mammoth; mastodon; collagen; carbonate; Earth Sciences; Geochemistry; Paleontology; Canada; Herschel Island
• Online Access: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/earthpub/8; https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2849; https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/earthpub/article/1009/viewcontent/Metcalfe_et_al.__2016_.pdf

We investigated the application of stable isotope analysis of proboscidean remains (collagen in bone/dentin/cementum and structural carbonate in enamel bioapatite) for genus-level identification of isolated specimens, assessment of geographic origins, and testing for nutritional stress. Mammoths (Ma...