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

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Cetacea - Phocoenidae
"Phocoena dalli" = Phocoenoides dalli True 1885 Dall's porpoise
Phocoena phocoena Linnaeus 1758 harbor porpoise
 Cetacea - Monodontidae
Delphinapterus leucas Pallas 1776 beluga whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Orcinus orca Linnaeus 1758 orca
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydra lutra sea otter
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Callorhinus ursinus Linnaeus 1758 northern fur seal
Eumetopias jubatus Schreber 1776 Steller sea lion
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca vitulina Linnaeus 1758 harbor seal
Pusa hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear