Cornwalis Island: Holocene, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Odobenus rosmarus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Harington 1990 | 1 specimen | |||||
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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: | 75.0° North, 93.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 75.0° North, 93.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 73708 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-06-26 10:54:43 | Last modified: | 2010-07-01 17:11:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-06-26 10:54:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33035. | C. R. Harington. 1975. A postglacial walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) from Bathhurst Island, Northwest Territories. Canadian Field-Naturalist 89:249-261 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 24706 | C. R. Harington. 1990. Ice Age Vertebrates in the Canadian Arctic Islands. Canada's Missing Dimension I:140-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |