Ammassalik (Holocene of Greenland)

Also known as Angmagaslik

Where: Greenland (65.6° N, 37.7° W: paleocoordinates 65.6° N, 37.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Meldgaard. 1988. The Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis (L) in Greenland. Historical Biology 1:145-178 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 122260: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Pinguinus impennis Linnaeus 1758 Great auk