Roebuck Site (Holocene of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (44.8° N, 75.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 75.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: W. J. Wintemberg. 1936. Roebuck Prehistoric Village Site, Grenville County, Ontario. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 83:1-178 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 221863: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.08.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus canadensis Erxleben 1777 elk
Alces alces Linnaeus 1758 moose
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
"Bison bison" = Bos bison
"Bison bison" = Bos bison Linnaeus 1758 American bison
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
 Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx canadensis Kerr 1792 Canadian lynx
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca sp. Linnaeus 1758 seal
phalanx
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lontra canadensis Schreber 1776 North American river otter
"Neovison vison" = Neogale vison Schreber 1777 mink
Martes americana Kerr 1792 American marten
Pekania pennanti Erxleben 1777 fisher
Gulo gulo Linnaeus 1758 wolverine
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus americanus Erxleben 1777 snowshoe hare
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel
Tamias striatus Linnaeus 1758 eastern chipmunk
Marmota monax Linnaeus 1758 groundhog
 Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human