Pakenham (Pleistocene of Canada)

Where: Ontario, Canada (45.4° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 45.4° N, 76.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• bone radiocarbon dated at 10400 BP +- 80

Environment/lithology: coastal; blue claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: J. F. Whiteaves. 1907. Notes on the skeleton of a white whale or beluga, recently discovered in Pleistocene deposites at Pakenham, Ontario. Ottawa Naturalist 20:214-216 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51012: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.05.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Monodontidae
Delphinapterus leucas Pallas 1776 beluga whale