Blåklokkenæs (Holocene of Greenland)
Also known as Clavering Island 78
Where: Greenland (74.2° N, 20.3° W: paleocoordinates 74.2° N, 20.3° W)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: glacial; carbonate
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 229939: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nicholas Kahane on 18.04.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Erignathus barbatus Erxleben 1777 bearded seal
Phoca sp. Linnaeus 1758 seal
Phoca hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal | |
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus | |
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear | |
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog | |
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer | |
Ovibos moschatus Zimmermann 1780 muskox | |
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale | |
Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758 narhwal | |
Aves | |
Branta sp. Scopoli 1769 goose
Somateria mollissima Linnaeus 1758 common eider |