Kiska Island (Holocene of the United States)

Where: Alaska (52.0° N, 177.5° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 177.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Primary reference: S. Mattioli and D. P. Domning. 2006. An annotated list of extant skeletal material of Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) (Sirenia: Dugongidae) from the Commander Islands. Aquatic Mammals 32(3):273-288 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70585: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Zalophus californianus Lesson 1828 California sea lion
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Hydrodamalis gigas Zimmermann 1780 Steller's sea cow
Aves
 Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
Phoebastria albatrus Pallas 1769 short-tailed albatross
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas 1811 pelagic cormorant
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Somateria mollissima Linnaeus 1758 common eider