Adam C. Knuth Site: Holocene, Greenland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes lagopus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben 1777)
Phoca hispida Schreber 1775
Pagophilus groenlandicus (Erxleben 1777)
recombined as Pagophilus groenlandica
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774
Mammalia - Bovidae
Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus arcticus Ross 1819
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Dicrostonyx groenlandicus Traill 1823
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Lagopus muta (Montin 1781)
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Calidris canutus (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus 1767
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Branta sp. Scopoli 1769
Branta bernicla (Linnaeus 1758)
see common names

Geography
Country:Greenland
Coordinates: 83.1° North, 32.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:83.1° North, 32.8° West
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: argillaceous,sandy gravel
Environment:glacial
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:227875
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:N. Kahane
Created:2022-11-09 15:12:38 Last modified:2022-11-09 15:12:38
Access level:the public Released:2022-11-09 15:12:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
82931. B. Grønnow and J. F. Jensen. 2003. The Northernmost Ruins of the Globe. Man & Society 29 [M. Uhen/N. Kahane]