Tiktalik site (Holocene of Canada)
Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (69.7° N, 122.7° W: paleocoordinates 69.7° N, 122.7° W)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: J. F. Moody and L. M. Hodgetts. 2013. Subsistence Practices of Pioneering Thule– Inuit: A Faunal Analysis of Tiktalik. Arctic Anthropology 50(2):4-24 [M. Uhen/N. Kahane]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 228492: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nicholas Kahane on 09.12.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Actinopteri | |
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Salmonidae indet. Cuvier 1816 | |
| Aves | |
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Cygnus sp. Garsault 1764 swan
"Chen caerulescens" = Anser caerulescens Linnaeus 1758 snow goose
Somateria sp. Leach 1819 eider
Clangula hyernalis seaduck | |
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Larus agentatus gull
Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus 1767 glaucous gull
Larus canus Linnaeus 1758 mew gull | |
| Reptilia | |
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Lagopus sp. Brisson 1760 ptarmigan | |
| Mammalia | |
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Gulo gulo Linnaeus 1758 wolverine | |
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Erignathus barbatus Erxleben 1777 bearded seal
Phoca hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal | |
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Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear | |
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Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox | |
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Artiodactyla indet. Owen 1848 even-toed ungulate | |
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Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer | |
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Ovibos moschatus Zimmermann 1780 muskox | |
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Cetacea indet. whale | |
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Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent | |
"Spermophilus parryii" = Urocitellus parryii
"Spermophilus parryii" = Urocitellus parryii Richardson 1825 arctic ground squirrel | |
"Arvicolidae indet." = Arvicolinae
"Arvicolidae indet." = Arvicolinae Gray 1821 vole | |
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Mollusca indet. mollusk | |