Yttygran Island (Holocene of Russian Federation)
Also known as Whale Alley
Where: Russian Federation (64.6° N, 172.6° W: paleocoordinates 64.6° N, 172.6° W)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: anthropogenic
Primary reference: M. A. Chelenov and I. I. Krupnik. 1984. Whale Alley. Expedition 26(2):6-15 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 198900: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.01.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale | |
Eschrichtius robustus Lilljeborg 1861 gray whale |