Latest Pleistocene paleoecology of Jefferson's ground sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonii) and elk-moose (Cervalces scotti) in northern Illinois

Quaternary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-240

  Schubert, Blaine W ^a,b   Graham, Russell Wm ^c   McDonald, H Gregory ^d   Grimm, Eric C ^b   Stafford Jr , Thomas W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^c DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^e Stafford Research Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervalces scotti; Elk moose; Extinction; Jefferson's ground sloth; Late Pleistocene; Megalonyx jeffersonii; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ALCES ALCES; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; EDENTATA; FRAXINUS NIGRA; PICEA;

EID: 1842712366     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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