Lawrence Island (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Alaska (63.5° N, 170.4° W: paleocoordinates 63.5° N, 170.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Primary reference: J. J. Burns. 1970. Remarks on the distribution and natural history of pagophilic pinnipeds in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. Journal of Mammalogy 51(3):445-454 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90097: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.07.2009, edited by Mihaela Krause

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus
 Carnivora - Phocidae
"Phoca (Pusa) hispida" = Pusa hispida, Erignathus barbatus
"Phoca (Pusa) hispida" = Pusa hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal
Erignathus barbatus Erxleben 1777 bearded seal
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) beringiana" = Chlamys behringiana
"Chlamys (Chlamys) beringiana" = Chlamys behringiana Middendorff 1849 scallop