Sadlermiut (KkHh-1) (Holocene of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (64.0° N, 81.5° W: paleocoordinates 64.0° N, 81.5° W)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: S. P. A. Desjardins . 2020. Neo-Inuit strategies for ensuring food security during the Little Ice Age climate change episode, Foxe Basin, Arctic Canada. Quaternary International 549:163-175 [M. Uhen/N. Kahane]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 228765: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nicholas Kahane on 05.01.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Erignathus barbatus Erxleben 1777 bearded seal
 Carnivora - Phocadae
Phocadae indet. Gray 1821 seal
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer