Pointe-du-Buisson 4 (Holocene of Canada)

Where: Quebec, Canada (45.3° N, 74.0° W: paleocoordinates 45.3° N, 74.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: N. Clermont and C. Chapdelaine. 1982. Pointe-du-Buisson 4: Quarante Siècles d'archives Oubiliées. Recherches Amérindiennes au Québec 1-170 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 221970: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.09.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Monodontidae
Delphinapterus leucas Pallas 1776 beluga whale
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet.2 Gray 1821 deer
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
Alces alces Linnaeus 1758 moose
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.2 Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet.2 Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
Lontra canadensis Schreber 1776 North American river otter
"Neovison vison" = Neogale vison Schreber 1777 mink
"Mustela vison" = Neogale vison2 Schreber 1777 mink
Martes americana Kerr 1792 American marten
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca sp. Linnaeus 1758 seal
 Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet.2 Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapodidae indet.2 Coues 1875 jumping mouse
Napaeozapus insignis Miller 1891 woodland jumping mouse
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
 Primates - Hominidae
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon carcharias1 Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
"sharks"