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

Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Bivalvia
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Saxicava sp." = Hiatella
"Saxicava sp." = Hiatella Daudin 1801 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale