Hvalros Ø: Holocene, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus maritimus
Phipps 1774
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Odobenus rosmarus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Erignathus barbatus
(Erxleben 1777)
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Phoca hispida
Schreber 1775
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes lagopus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Canis familiaris
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Monodontidae
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Monodon monoceros
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Ovibos moschatus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Rangifer tarandus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
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Aves sp.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Somateria mollissima
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Branta sp.
Scopoli 1769
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Anser brachyrhynchus
Baillon 1834
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Laridae
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Larus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Alcidae
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Cepphus grylle
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 74.6° North, 18.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 74.5° North, 18.8° West |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.0117 - 0 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 229940 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | N. Kahane |
| Modifier: | N. Kahane | ||
| Created: | 2023-04-18 11:08:21 | Last modified: | 2023-04-18 11:16:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-04-18 11:08:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 84447. | A. B. Gotfredsen. 2010. Faunal Remains from the Wollaston Forland - Clavering Ø Region, Northeast Greenland - Thule Culture Subsistence in a High Arctic Polunya and Ice-edge Habitat. Danish Journal of Geography 110(2):175-200 [M. Uhen/N. Kahane] |
Secondary references:
| 81667 | S. J. Crockford. 2022. Polar Bear Fossil and Archaeological Records from the Pleistocene and Holocene in Relation to Sea Ice Extent and Open Water Polynyas. Openquaternary 8(7):1-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |