Cape Woods: Holocene, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Monodontidae
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Monodon monoceros
Linnaeus 1758
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Harington 1990 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| tusk | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Mya truncata
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Mya (Mya) truncata | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Nunavut |
| Coordinates: | 82.3° North, 85.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 82.3° North, 85.3° 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 | ||
| Age estimate: | 6830 ± 50 YBP (14C (calibrated)) |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Lithology description: glacimarine diamicton | |
| Environment: | marginal 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: | 73710 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-06-26 11:08:30 | Last modified: | 2018-04-09 14:30:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-06-26 11:08:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6009. | 5% 19600 | D. J. A. Evans. 1989. An early Holocene narwhal tusk from the Canadian high Arctic. Boreas 18(1):43-50 [M. Uhen/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] |