Paamiut: Holocene, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Alcidae
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Pinguinus impennis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 62.0° North, 49.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 62.0° North, 49.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 122262 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-12-20 09:01:19 | Last modified: | 2011-12-19 16:01:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-12-20 09:01:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38921. | M. Meldgaard. 1988. The Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis (L) in Greenland. Historical Biology 1:145-178 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |