Walrus Island (Holocene of Greenland)
Where: Greenland (74.5° N, 18.8° W: paleocoordinates 74.5° N, 18.8° W)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: A. B. Gotfredsen. 2010. Faunal Remains from the Wollaston Forland - Clavering Ø Region, Northeast Greenland - Thule Culture Subsistence in a High Arctic Polunya and Ice-edge Habitat. Danish Journal of Geography 110(2):175-200 [M. Uhen/N. Kahane]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 229885: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nicholas Kahane on 13.04.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Erignathus barbatus Erxleben 1777 bearded seal
Phoca sp. Linnaeus 1758 seal
Phoca hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal | |
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Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus | |
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Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear | |
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Vulpes lagopus Linnaeus 1758 Arctic fox
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog | |
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Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer | |
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Ovibos moschatus Zimmermann 1780 muskox | |
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Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale | |
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Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758 narhwal | |
| Aves | |
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Aves indet. bird | |
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Cepphus grylle Linnaeus 1758 black guillemot | |
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Larus sp. Linnaeus 1758 gull | |
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Branta sp. Scopoli 1769 goose
Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon 1834 pink-footed goose
Somateria mollissima Linnaeus 1758 common eider | |