Fladstrand (Holocene of Greenland)
Where: Greenland (74.1° N, 21.1° W: paleocoordinates 74.1° N, 21.1° W)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; peat
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 229942: 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 | |
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Lepus arcticus Ross 1819 hare | |
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Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758 narhwal | |
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Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale | |
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Ovibos moschatus Zimmermann 1780 muskox | |
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Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer | |
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Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog
Vulpes lagopus Linnaeus 1758 Arctic fox | |
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Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear | |
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Erignathus barbatus Erxleben 1777 bearded seal
"Phoca groenlandica" = Pagophilus groenlandica Erxleben 1777 harp seal
Phoca hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal | |
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Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus | |
| Reptilia | |
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Lagopus muta Montin 1781 rock ptarmigan | |
| Aves | |
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Aves sp. bird | |
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Branta sp. Scopoli 1769 goose | |
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Larus sp. Linnaeus 1758 gull | |