Lower Beach (Holocene of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (75.7° N, 80.6° W: paleocoordinates 75.7° N, 80.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. McGhee. 1979. The Paleoeskimo Occupations at Port Refuge, High Arctic Canada. National Museum of Man Mercury Series 92:1-176 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 175963: 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
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear