Caribou from the Late Pleistocene of northwestern Alabama
- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 67 (5) , 1210-1216
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z89-175
Abstract
Rangifer tarandus, represented by the isolated distal end of a left metacarpal, was recovered during June 1987 from Bell Cave, Colbert Country, Alabama. The Late Pleistocene level that yielded this caribou element is dated at 11 820-500+480 years BP. This record is the first for Alabama, and the most southerly known in North America.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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