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Abstract
An isolated incisor looth of a giant beaver (Castoroides ohioensis Foster) recovered from Indian Island, New Brunswick, near the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, represents the most eastern record of this animal in Canada. Unfortunately no stratigraphic context is available for the specimen, which was recovered loose near a beach also known to yield archaeological materials- The specimen may have been deposited on a storm beach from near shore deposits, but it is also possible that the tooth was carried to the site by people. The rarity of giant beaver fossils in southern Canada adds to the significance of this specimen.
RESUME
Une incisive isolee de castor geant -1(Castoroides ohioensis Foster) recuperet sur File Indian, au Nouveau-Brunswick, pres de 1'embouchure de la baie de Fundy, repr6sente la trace physique la plus a Pest de la presence de cet animal au Canada. Malheureusement on ne dispose d'aucun conlexte stratigraphique dans le cas de cc specimen, qui a -1M recupeX sous une forme dctachle pres d'une plage igalement reconnue comme source d'objets archeologiqucs. Lc specimen pourrait provenir de depots littoraux et avoir -1iti depose1 sur une enhe de temp&e, mais il est aussi possible que des gens aient apporte' la dent sur les lieux. La rarete' des fossiles de castor geant dans le Sud du Canada rehausse Timportance dc ce specimen.
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