Hornsund (Holocene of Norway)
Where: Sptisbergen, Norway (77.0° N, 15.6° E: paleocoordinates 77.0° N, 15.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Marine terraces at 9000 and 700 ybp
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified conglomerate and unlithified sandstone
Primary reference: K. Birkenmajer and B. W. Brown. 1970. Zn-enriched whale bones on raised marine terraces at Hornsund, Spitsbergen. Arbok 1969:44-53 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 71000: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
"Saxicava sp." = Hiatella
"Saxicava sp." = Hiatella Daudin 1801 clam | |
Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
Mammalia | |
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale |