Brooman Point (Holocene of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (76.1° N, 97.6° W: paleocoordinates 76.1° N, 97.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. McGhee. 1984. The Thule village at Brooman Point, High Arctic Canada. National Museum of Man Mercury Series Paper 125 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 175966: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 20.01.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Pusa hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal
Phoca sp. Linnaeus 1758 seal
Erignathus barbados bearded seal
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale