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

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale
 Cetacea - Eschrichtiidae
Eschrichtius robustus Lilljeborg 1861 gray whale