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Old Crow River Locality CRH-47, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada

Lat/Long (Decimal)68.2,-140
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationYukon, Canada
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Old Crow RiverKissinger D. G. (1973)"Carbon 14 dates suggest that the age of the assemblage is greater than 40,000 years BP"not reported0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Old Crow River (Upper OCR 300)Jopling A. V., Et al. (1981)said to be Sangamonian0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Old Crow River Locality 44McDonald H. G., Harington C. R., et al (2000)0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Old Crow River (Lower OCR 11)Jopling A. V., Et al. (1981)said to be Illinoian1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Old Crow River (Lower OCR 12)Jopling A. V., Et al. (1981)said to be Illinoian1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Old Crow River (Lower OCR 15)Jopling A. V., Et al. (1981)said to be Illinoian1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Old Crow River (Lower OCR 300)Jopling A. V., Et al. (1981)said to be Illinoian1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Old Crow River (Middle OCR 15)Morlan R. E. (1984)1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Old Crow River Locality CRH-47Repenning C. A., Brouwers E. M. (1992)1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Lepidophorus lineaticollis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Curculionidae : Lepidophorus : Lepidophorus lineaticollis0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Vitavitus thulius
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Curculionidae : Vitavitus : Vitavitus thulius0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Bison sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bison0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Ovibovini
tribe
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Ovibovini0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Soergelia sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Soergelia1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Camelini
tribe
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Camelini0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Cervus elaphus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : Cervus : Cervus elaphus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Rangifer tarandus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : Rangifer : Rangifer tarandus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Alopex lagopus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Alopex : Alopex lagopus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Canis lupus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Canis : Canis lupus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Brachyprotoma obtusata
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Brachyprotoma : Brachyprotoma obtusata0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Gulo gulo
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Gulo : Gulo gulo0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Pekania pennanti
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Pekania : Pekania pennanti0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Lepus americanus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Lepus : Lepus americanus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Lepus arcticus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Lepus : Lepus arcticus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Ochotona princeps
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Ochotonidae : Ochotona : Ochotona princeps1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Ochotona whartoni
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Ochotonidae : Ochotona : Ochotona whartoni1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Soricidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Equus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Equus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Mammuthus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Mammuthus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Mammuthus hayi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Mammuthus : Archidiskodon hayi1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Mammuthus primigenius
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Elephas : Elephas primigenius0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Mammut americanum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Mammutidae : Mammut : Mammut americanum0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Castor canadensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Castoridae : Castor : Castor canadensis1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Castoroides ohioensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Castoridae : Castoroides : Castoroides ohioensis1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Dicrostonyx sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Dicrostonyx1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Lasiopodomys deceitensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Lasiopodomys : Lasiopodomys deceitensis1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Lemmus sibiricus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Lemmus : Lemmus sibiricus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Microtus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Microtus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Microtus miurus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Microtus : Microtus miurus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Microtus oeconomus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Microtus : Microtus oeconomus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Microtus xanthognathus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Microtus : Microtus xanthognathus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Mimomys virginianus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Mimomys : Mimomys virginianus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Myodes rutilus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Myodes : Myodes rutilus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Ondatra zibethicus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Ondatra : Ondatra zibethicus1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Phenacomys sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Phenacomys1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Spermophilus parryii
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Urocitellus : Urocitellus parryii1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Megalonyx jeffersonii
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Megalonychidae : Megalonyx : Megalonyx jeffersonii0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene

References

Kissinger D. G. (1973) A new weevil genus from America north of the Arctic circle and notes of fossils from Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 27, 193-200
Harington C. R. (1978) Quaternary vertebrate faunas of Canada and Alaska and their suggested chronological sequence, Syllogeus 15, 1-105
Jopling A. V., Et al. (1981) Stratigraphic, Sedimentological and Faunal Evidence for the Occurrence of Pre-Sangamonian Artefacts in Northern Yukon, Arctic 34 1
Morlan R. E. (1984) , Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8
Harington C. R. (1990) Vertebrates of the Last Interglaciation in Canada: A Review, with New Data, Geographie physique et Quaternaire 44 3
Repenning C. A., Brouwers E. M. (1992) Late Pliocene-early Pleistocene ecologic changes in the Arctic Ocean borderland, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 2036 3, 1-37
Webb S. D., Dudley J. P. (1995) Proboscidea from Leisey Shell Pits, Hillsborough County, Florida, Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37 20
McDonald H. G., Harington C. R., et al (2000) The Ground Sloth, Megalonyx, from Pleistocene Deposits of the Old Crow Basin, Yukon, Canada, Arctic 53 3, 213-220
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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