Porden Point (Holocene of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (76.3° N, 93.7° W: paleocoordinates 76.3° N, 93.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Furze, A. Pienkowski, and R. Coulthard. 2014. New cetacean R values for Arctic North America and their implications for marine-mammal-based paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Quaternary Science Reviews 91:218-241 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 160848: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 29.08.2014, edited by Nicholas Kahane

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Salmoniformes - Salmonidae
Salvelinus sp.2 Richardson 1836
Salvelinus namaycush2 Walbaum 1792
Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Lagopus sp.3 Brisson 1760 ptarmigan
Aves
 Charadriiformes - Stercorariidae
Stercorarius sp.2 Brisson 1760 skua
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Charadriinae sp.3 Vigors 1825 lapwing
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Cepphus grylle3 Linnaeus 1758 black guillemot
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Laridae sp.3 Vigors 1825 gull
Larus sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 gull
Larus hyperboreus2 Gunnerus 1767 glaucous gull
Sterna paradisaea3 Pontoppidan 1763 Arctic tern
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anser caerulescens2 Linnaeus 1758 snow goose
Branta sp.3 Scopoli 1769 goose
Somateria sp.3 Leach 1819 eider
Somateria spectabilis2 Linnaeus 1758 king eider
Somateria mollissima2 Linnaeus 1758 common eider
Anas sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
 Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Gavia stellata3 Pontoppidan 1763 Red-throated loon
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Fulmarus glacialis3 Linnaeus 1761 northern fulmar
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Rangifer tarandus3 Linnaeus 1758 reindeer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Ovibos moschatus3 Zimmermann 1780 muskox
 Cetacea - Monodontidae
Delphinapterus leucas3 Pallas 1776 beluga whale
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus1 Phipps 1774 polar bear
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae sp.3 Gray 1821 seal
Erignathus barbatus3 Erxleben 1777 bearded seal
Phoca hispida2 Schreber 1775 ringed seal
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus3 Linnaeus 1758 walrus
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes lagopus3 Linnaeus 1758 Arctic fox
Canis sp.3 Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus arcticus3 Ross 1819 hare