Skraeling Island (Holocene of Canada)
Where: Nunavut, Canada (78.8° N, 75.7° W: paleocoordinates 78.8° N, 75.7° W)
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: K. M. McCullough. 1986. The Ruin Island Phase of Thule Culture in the Eastern High Arctic. [M. Uhen/N. Kahane]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 229484: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nicholas Kahane on 13.03.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Show authors, comments, and common names
| Mammalia | |
|
Lepus arcticus Ross 1819 hare | |
|
Dicrostonyx groenlandicus Traill 1823 northern collared lemming | |
|
Ovibos moschatus Zimmermann 1780 muskox | |
|
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer | |
|
Phocidae sp. Gray 1821 seal | |
|
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus | |
|
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear | |
|
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Vulpes lagopus Linnaeus 1758 Arctic fox | |
| Aves | |
|
Anser caerulescens Linnaeus 1758 snow goose
Branta bernicla Linnaeus 1758 brant
Somateria sp. Leach 1819 eider
Somateria spectabilis Linnaeus 1758 king eider | |
"Nyctea scandiaca" = Bubo scandiacus
"Nyctea scandiaca" = Bubo scandiacus Linnaeus 1758 snowy owl | |
|
Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 common raven | |
|
Gavia stellata Pontoppidan 1763 Red-throated loon | |
|
Larus thayeri gull
Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus 1767 glaucous gull | |
|
"Plautus alle" = Alle alle Linnaeus 1758 dovekie
Uria lomvia Linnaeus 1758 Thick-billed murre
Cepphus grylle Linnaeus 1758 black guillemot | |
|
Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot 1819 long-tailed jaeger | |
|
Falco rusticolus Linnaeus 1758 gyrfalcon | |