Skraeling (Holocene of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (81.0° N, 67.7° W: paleocoordinates 81.0° N, 67.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. McCullough. 1989. The ruin islanders: early Thule culture pioneers in the eastern High Arctic. Mercury Series Paper 141 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 175967: 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
Erignathus barbados bearded seal
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus