Nordvesto site 1 (Holocene of Greenland)

Where: Carey Oer, Greenland (76.7° N, 73.2° W: paleocoordinates 76.7° N, 73.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; peat

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Bennike, M. Goodsite, and J. Heinemeier. 2008. Palaeoecology of Holocene peat deposits from Nordvestø, north-west Greenland. Journal of Paleolimnology 40:557-565 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 177153: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.03.2016

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Fratercula arctica Linnaeus 1758 Atlantic puffin
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Monodontidae
Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758 narhwal
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae