Kirkwall (Holocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (59.0° N, 3.0° W: paleocoordinates 59.0° N, 3.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Violani. 1974. Ecologia di un'estinzione Alca impenne. Bolleteno de Museo Civico di Storia naturale de Venezia 25:49-60 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 122691: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
"Alca impennis" = Pinguinus impennis
"Alca impennis" = Pinguinus impennis Linnaeus 1758 Great auk