Finch (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (45.1° N, 75.1° W: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 75.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Champlain Sea age, probably 10,500-11,800 BP

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified conglomerate

• gravel

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: C. E. Harington. 1977. Marine mammals in the Champlain Sea and the Great Lakes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 288:508-537 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51026: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Erignathus barbatus Erxleben 1777 bearded seal
Phoca sp. Linnaeus 1758 seal