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- Lab number
- QU-714
- Material dated
- moose bone collagen; collagène osseux d'orignal
- Taxa dated
- Alces alces
- Locality
- near St-Elzéar-de-Bonaventure, Gaspésie, Québec
- Map sheet
- 22 A/03
- Submitter
- P. LaSalle
- Date submitted
- October 5, 2005
- Measured Age
- 410 ± 120
- Normalized Age
- 490 ± 120
- δ13C (per mil)
- -20.0
- Significance
- palaeobiology; paléobiologie
- Context
- level 1; zone 1 includes the surface of talus and the general cave floor
- Associated taxa
- Zone 1: Mammalia, Sorex cinereus 44, Sorex fumeus 3, Sorex hoyi 5, Blarina brevicauda 8, Myotis lucifugus 1, Lepus americanus 7, Marmota monax 11, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus 1, Glaucomys sabrinus 1, Peromyscus maniculatus 1, Clethrionomys gapperi 57, Synaptomys cooperi 7, Synaptomys borealis 36, Microtus pennsylvanicus 10, Microtus chrotorrhinus 116, Napaeozapus insignis 14, Zapus hudsonius 1, Erethizon dorsatum 11, Aves; Amphibia; Mollusca
- Comments
- St-Elzéar Cave: This site contains an important sequence of four faunal assemblages presented in terms of four zones numbered from youngest to oldest. However, the six radiocarbon dates are reported in terms of excavation levels, among which there appear to be some stratigraphic reversals. Therefore it is not yet clear how the faunas are related to the dates. Except for the American toad, the birds and amphibians are listed as totals not assigned to zones (LaSalle, 1984: Table 1), and all of these are placed in Zone 1 in this database. A second list of amphibians, published by Fay (1984), differs slightly from the data in LaSalle (1984). Fauna: Ursus americanus 5, Mustela nivalis 2, Gulo gulo 2, Alces alces 7, Rangifer tarandus 1; Aves: Sitta canadensis, Cyanocitta cristata, Loxia leucoptera cf.; Amphibia: Ambystoma laterale, Bufo americanus 14, Rana palustris [Fay's list: Ambystoma laterale, Ambystoma maculatum, Bufo americanus, Hyla crucifer, Rana pipiens, Rana sylvatica; Reptilia: Thamnophis sirtalis]