Svenskøya (Holocene of Norway)
Where: Norway (78.7° N, 26.6° E: paleocoordinates 78.7° N, 26.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: Ó Ingólfsson and Ø Wiig. 2009. Late Pleistocene fossil find in Svalbard: the oldest remains of a polar bear (Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1744) ever discovered. Polar Research 28(3):455-462 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 162640: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 30.09.2014, edited by Mark Uhen
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Mammalia | |
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear |