Mordy-Yakhk River (Pleistocene of Russian Federation)

Where: Russian Federation (70.4° N, 67.3° E: paleocoordinates 70.4° N, 67.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. G. Boeskorov, A. N. Tikhonov, A. V. Protopopov, A. D. Stepanov, V. V. Plotnikov, J. Plicht, M. V. Shchelchkova and G. F. Baryshnikov. 2018. New records of Holocene polar bear and walrus (Carnivora) in the Russian Arctic. Russian Journal of Theriology 17(2):68-77 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 188673: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Guinevive Halstead-Johnson on 11.09.2017, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear