Where: Alaska (63.4° N, 170.4° W: paleocoordinates 63.4° N, 170.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• said to be "conventional" as opposed to "measured" age
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Collection methods: Fossils were purchased from a fossil dealer.
Primary reference: L. D. Crerar, A. P. Crerar, D. P. Domning and E. C. M. Parsons. 2014. Rewriting the history of an extinction— was a population of Steller’s sea cows (Hydrodamalis gigas) at St Lawrence Island also driven to extinction?. Biology Letters [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 164374: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.12.2014, edited by Nicholas Kahane
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Hydrodamalis gigas Zimmermann 1780 Steller's sea cow | |
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear |