Qijurittuq (IbGk-31) (Holocene of Canada)

Where: Quebec, Canada (58.8° N, 78.2° W: paleocoordinates 58.8° N, 78.2° W)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; dolomitic, sideritic, calcareous chert and quartzite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. Desrosiers, S. Lofthouse, H. Monchot, D. Gendron, N. Bhiry, A. Lemieux, and D. Marguerie. 2010. The Qijurittuq site (IbGk-3), Eastern Hudson Bay: An IPY Interdisciplinary Study. Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography 110:227-243 [M. Uhen/N. Kahane]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 228766: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nicholas Kahane on 05.01.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Mammalia -
Mammalia indet. mammal
unidentified land and marine mammal fragments
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus
 Carnivora - Phocidae
"Phoca groenlandica" = Pagophilus groenlandica Erxleben 1777 harp seal
Phoca hispida Schreber 1775 ringed seal
Erignathus barbatus Erxleben 1777 bearded seal
 Carnivora - Phocadae
Phocadae indet. Gray 1821 seal