Qeqertasussuk (Holocene of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (69.3° N, 51.0° W: paleocoordinates 69.3° N, 51.0° W)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Gronnow. 1994. Qeqertasussuk—the archaeology of a frozen Saqqaq site in Disko Bugt, West Greenland. In D. Morrison and J.-L. Pilon (eds.), Threads of arctic prehistory: papers in honour of William E. Taylor, Jr. Mercury Series Paper 149 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 175995: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 20.01.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Pusa hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal
Phoca vitulina Linnaeus 1758 harbor seal
Erignathus barbados bearded seal
Pagophilus groenlandica Erxleben 1777 harp seal
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus