NiHf 45 (Holocene of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (67.6° N, 77.8° W: paleocoordinates 67.6° N, 77.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. S. Murray. 2005. Prehistoric use of ringed seals: a zooarchaeological study from Arctic Canada. Environmental Archaeology 10:19-38 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 175976: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 20.01.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Erignathus barbatos bearded seal
Pusa hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus