97-SF-36: Holocene, Greenland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus 1758
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Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 77.3° North, 84.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 77.3° North, 84.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 160086 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | C. Peredo |
| Modifier: | C. Peredo | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-08-14 13:03:13 | Last modified: | 2014-08-28 14:38:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-08-14 13:03:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52240. | A. S. Dyke and J. England. 2003. Canada's most northerly postglacial bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus): Holocene sea-ice conditions and polynya development. Arctic 56(1):14-20 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo/M. Uhen] |