Margaret Bay (Holocene of the United States)
Where: Alaska (55.2° N, 161.2° W: paleocoordinates 55.2° N, 161.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. L. Davis. 2001. Sea mammal hunting and the Neoglacial: An archaeofaunal study of environmental change and subsistence technology at Margaret Bay, Unalaska. In D. E. Dumond (ed.), Archaeology in the Aleut zone of Alaska: Some recent research [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 175943: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 20.01.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
"Phocoena dalli" = Phocoenoides dalli, Phocoena phocoena
"Phocoena dalli" = Phocoenoides dalli True 1885 Dall's porpoise
Phocoena phocoena Linnaeus 1758 harbor porpoise | |
Delphinapterus leucas Pallas 1776 beluga whale | |
Orcinus orca Linnaeus 1758 orca | |
Enhydra lutra sea otter | |
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus | |
Callorhinus ursinus Linnaeus 1758 northern fur seal
Eumetopias jubatus Schreber 1776 Steller sea lion | |
Phoca vitulina Linnaeus 1758 harbor seal
Pusa hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal | |
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear |