Adam C. Knuth (Holocene of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (83.2° N, 44.0° W: paleocoordinates 83.2° N, 44.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. A. Darwent. 2003. Appendix 1. The zooarchaeology of Peary Land and adjacent areas. In B. Grønnow and J. F. Jensen (eds.), he northernmost ruins of the globe: Eigil Knuth’s archaeological investigations in Pearly Land and adjacent areas of high arctic Greenland. Monographs on Greenland, Man and Society 29 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 175985: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 20.01.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Erignathus barbatus Erxleben 1777 bearded seal
Pusa hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal
Phoca sp. Linnaeus 1758 seal
Pagophilus groenlandica Erxleben 1777 harp seal
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear