East Greenland Coast, Patch C (Holocene of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (71.8° N, 15.9° W: paleocoordinates 71.8° N, 15.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithology not reported

• open ocean

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. B. Salberg, T. Hang, and K. T. Nilssen. 2008. Estimation of hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) pup production in the Greenland Sea pack ice during the 2005 whelping season. Polar Biology 31:867-878 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90096: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.07.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Cystophora cristata Erxleben 1779 hooded seal