Last interglacial western camel (Camelops hesternus) from eastern Beringia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 2355-2360

  Zazula, Grant D ^a   Turner, Derek G ^b   Ward, Brent C ^b   Bond, Jeffrey ^c  

^a Government of Yukon   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Yukon Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beringia; C. hesternus; Fauna; Last interglacial; Pleistocene; Rancholabrean; Sangamonian; Stratigraphy; Western camel; Yukon

Indexed keywords

BERINGIA; C. HESTERNUS; FAUNA; LAST INTERGLACIAL; PLEISTOCENE; RANCHOLABREAN; SANGAMONIAN; WESTERN CAMEL; YUKON;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ECOLOGY;

BERINGIA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT SELECTION; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RANGE EXPANSION; TUNDRA; UNGULATE;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

PICEA;

EID: 80051906943     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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