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
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Mammalia | |
Delphinapterus leucas Pallas 1776 beluga whale |