Funk Island (Holocene of Canada)
Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (49.8° N, 53.2° W: paleocoordinates 49.8° N, 53.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; peat
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: S. L. Olson, C. C. Swift, and C. Mokhiber. 1979. An Attempt to Determine the Prey of the Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis). The Auk 96(4):790-792 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122099: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Show authors, comments, and common names
Osteichthyes | |
Mallotus villosus Muller 1776 | |
Actinopteri | |
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846 | |
Gadidae indet. Rafinesque 1810 | |
Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758 three-spined stickleback | |
Morone cf. saxatilis temperate bass | |
cf. Pleuronectidae indet. flatfish | |
Alosa sp. Linck 1790 herring
Brevoortia cf. tyrannus herring | |
Aves | |
Pinguinus impennis Linnaeus 1758 Great auk |