Walakpa- Lower (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Alaska (70.8° N, 158.6° W: paleocoordinates 70.8° N, 158.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. J. Stanford. 1976. The Walakpa Site, Alaska: its place in the Birnirk and Thule cultures. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 175954: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 20.01.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Erignathus barbados bearded seal
Phoca sp. Linnaeus 1758 seal
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear