Blomvag: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Norway
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pleuronectes platessa
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| synonym of Amusium | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Anatidae
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Melanitta fusca
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Melanitta nigra
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Somateria spectabilis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Somateria mollissima
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Procellariidae
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Fulmarus glacialis
(Linnaeus 1761)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Puffinus puffinus
(Brunnich 1764)
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Tyrberg 1999 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Laridae
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Rissa tridactyla
Linnaeus 1758
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Tyrberg 1999 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Alcidae
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Alca torda
Linnaeus 1758
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Cepphus grylle
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Tyrberg 1999 | ||||||
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Uria lomvia
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Uria aalge
(Pontoppidan 1763)
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Pinguinus impennis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Pagophilus groenlandicus
(Erxleben 1777)
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3 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Pagophilus groenlandica | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Rangifer tarandus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | ||||||
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Actinopteri
- Gadiformes
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Pollachius virens
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Norway |
| Coordinates: | 60.5° North, 4.9° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 60.5° North, 4.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: clayey silt | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 73689 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-06-25 17:24:44 | Last modified: | 2009-04-17 09:25:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-06-25 17:24:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24705. | R. W. Lie. 1986. Animal bones from the Late Weichselian in Norway. Fauna Norvegica Series A 7:41-46 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 75040 | T. Tyrberg. 1999. Seabirds and Late Pleistocene marine environments in the Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:139-157 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |