Finnoy (Pleistocene of Norway)

Where: Norway (58.9° N, 5.7° E: paleocoordinates 58.9° N, 5.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Blystad, H. Thomsen, A. Simonsen and R. W. Lie. 1983. Find of a nearly complete late Weichselian polar bear skeleton, Ursus maritimus Phipps, at Finnoy, southwestern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 63(2-3):193-197 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 162642: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 30.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear