Crown Prince Frederick Island: Holocene, Canada
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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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Nunavut |
| Coordinates: | 70.1° North, 86.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 70.0° North, 86.9° 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
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 160845 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | C. Peredo |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-08-29 12:45:23 | Last modified: | 2018-11-18 16:18:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-08-29 12:45:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52465. | M. Furze, A. Pienkowski, and R. Coulthard. 2014. New cetacean R values for Arctic North America and their implications for marine-mammal-based paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Quaternary Science Reviews 91:218-241 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo] |