Kap Kobenhavn: Blancan, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 82.5° North, 50.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 82.5° North, 42.4° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Key time interval: | Blancan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 4.7 - 1.4 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kap Kobenhavn | Member: | Unit B3 |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:82 deg 30 min N; longitude not completely clear said to be an Anita/Borchers/Big Springs equivalent, which matches the occurrence of Lepus not clear if other taxa are present |
Metadata
| Database number: | 20082 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2874. | C. A. Repenning and E. M. Brouwers. 1992. Late Pliocene-early Pleistocene ecologic changes in the Arctic Ocean borderland. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 2036(3):1-37 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |