Pleistocene ungulates from the Bow River gravels at Cochrane, Alberta

Five ungulates are reported from gravels comprising the second major terrace above the Bow River's north bank at Cochrane, Alberta. These ungulates are Cervus canadensis (wapiti), Rangifer tarandus (caribou), Ovis canadensis (mountain sheep), Bison occidentalis (extinct western bison), and Equus conversidens (extinct Mexican ass). E. conversidens was previously known from middle and late Pleistocene beds of the southern United States and Mexico and is here reported from the post-Wisconsin Pleistocene of Alberta and possibly Saskatchewan. Radiocarbon analysis of Bison bones from the gravels yielded two dates that averaged 11 065 B.P.

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Comparison of Soils in Midwestern United States and Western Europe with the Interglacial Record

Quaternary Research ◽

10.1016/0033-5894(85)90072-9 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 62-75 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

John Boardman

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Late Pleistocene ◽

Western Europe ◽

Soil Formation ◽

Analytical Techniques ◽

Climatic Changes ◽

Soil Micromorphology ◽

Midwestern United States ◽

Last Glaciation ◽

Middle And Late Pleistocene

Paleosols that formed primarily before the last glaciation cannot be adequately explained by a model of Holocene-like interglacial periods of about 10,000 yr in length which has been inferred from the marine 18O16O record. Geological and palynological evidence from terrestrial, midlatitude sites suggests that temperate conditions conducive to soil formation existed for periods greatly in excess of 10,000 yr during the middle and late Pleistocene. Available data on soils formed during this interval from Western Europe and midwestern United States are best explained by relatively long interglaciations or the development of composite soils over a number of temperate periods. Climatic contrasts between the interglaciations appear to have been overemphasized: widespread assumptions regarding greater warmth in interglaciations prior to the present one are generally unproven. In the absence of precise dating, progress in relating paleosols to fragmentary local records of Quaternary climatic changes will be achieved by detailed analytical techniques such as soil micromorphology.

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On the presence of Late Pleistocene wapiti, Cervus canadensis Erxleben, 1777 (Cervidae, Mammalia) in the Palaeolithic site Climăuți II (Moldova)

Contributions to Zoology ◽

10.1163/18759866-08701001 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 87 (1) ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Roman Croitor ◽

Theodor Obada

Keyword(s):

Late Pleistocene ◽

Cervus Elaphus ◽

Rangifer Tarandus ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Systematic Position ◽

Paleolithic Site ◽

Republic Of Moldova ◽

Dispersal Model ◽

Cervus Canadensis ◽

Western Eurasia

This article reports antler remains from the Late Paleolithic site of Climăuți II (Republic of Moldova) confirming the presence of wapiti Cervus canadensis in the Late Pleistocene of Western Eurasia. The occurrence of wapiti in the East Carpathian area by 20 ky BP coincides with the local extinction of Megaloceros giganteus, Crocuta spelaea, and Ursus spelaeus, and substitution of local forest reindeer with grazing tundra-steppe Rangifer tarandus constantini. We here provide an overview of paleontological data and opinions on the presence of Cervus canadensis in Europe, a discussion on the taxonomic status and systematic position of the extinct deer Cervus elaphus palmidactyloceros, and propose a dispersal model for wapiti in Europe during the Late Pleistocene.

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