Zhokhov Island Anthropological Site (Holocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (74.9° N, 149.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

• Archaeological hunting site with many different bones assorted

Primary reference: V. V. Pitulko and A. K. Kasparov. 1996. Ancient Arctic Hunters: Material Culture and Survival Strategy. Arctic Anthropology 33(1):1-36 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 175940: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 20.01.2016

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Alopex lagopus" = Vulpes lagopus Linnaeus 1758 Arctic fox
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Erignathus barbatus Erxleben 1777 bearded seal
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer
Aves
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
"Cygnus bewickii" = Cygnus columbianus bewickii Yarrell 1830 Bewick's swan
Anser albifrons Scopoli 1769 greater white-fronted goose
Anser fabalis Latham 1787 taiga bean-goose
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Laridae indet. Vigors 1825 gull