Adam C. Knuth Site (Holocene of Greenland)
Where: Greenland (83.1° N, 32.8° W: paleocoordinates 83.1° N, 32.8° W)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: glacial; argillaceous, sandy gravel
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: B. Grønnow and J. F. Jensen. 2003. The Northernmost Ruins of the Globe. Man & Society 29 [M. Uhen/N. Kahane]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 227875: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nicholas Kahane on 09.11.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Show authors, comments, and common names
| Mammalia | |
|
Erignathus barbatus Erxleben 1777 bearded seal
Phoca hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal
"Pagophilus groenlandicus" = Pagophilus groenlandica Erxleben 1777 harp seal | |
|
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear | |
|
Vulpes lagopus Linnaeus 1758 Arctic fox | |
|
Ovibos moschatus Zimmermann 1780 muskox | |
|
Lepus arcticus Ross 1819 hare | |
|
Dicrostonyx groenlandicus Traill 1823 northern collared lemming | |
| Aves | |
|
Calidris canutus Linnaeus 1758 red knot | |
|
Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus 1767 glaucous gull | |
|
Branta sp. Scopoli 1769 goose
Branta bernicla Linnaeus 1758 brant | |
| Reptilia | |
|
Lagopus muta Montin 1781 rock ptarmigan | |