Sweeper Cove (Holocene of the United States)

Also known as Adak Island

Where: Alaska (51.8° N, 176.6° W: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 176.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Primary reference: A. R. Savinetsky, N. K. Kiseleva, and B. F. Khassanov. 2004. Dynamics of sea mammal and bird populations of the Bearing Sea region over the last several millennia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 209:335-352 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70586: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
Polyplacophora
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Polyplacophora indet. de Blainville 1816 chiton
Pisces
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"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Hydrodamalis gigas Zimmermann 1780 Steller's sea cow
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca largha Pallas 1811 seal
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Zalophus californianus Lesson 1828 California sea lion
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydra lutris Linnaeus 1758 sea otter
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin