Iveoghiyoq (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Alaska (63.3° N, 170.4° W: paleocoordinates 63.3° N, 170.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Collins. 1937. Archaeology of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Smithsonian Misc. Collection 96(1):247-251 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 175951: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 20.01.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Erignathus barbados bearded seal
Pusa hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal
Phoca vitulina Linnaeus 1758 harbor seal
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale
 Cetacea - Monodontidae
Delphinapterus leucas Pallas 1776 beluga whale