Kuröd (Pleistocene of Sweden)

Where: Sweden (58.4° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 58.4° N, 12.0° E)

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

Environment/lithology: coastal; calcareous gravel

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. E. Berglund, S. Håkansson, and J. Lepiksaar. 1992. Late Weichselian polar bear (Ursus maritimus Phipps) in southern Sweden. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning 81:31-42 [M. Uhen/N. Kahane]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 227220: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Nicholas Kahane on 22.09.2022

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus maritimus Phipps 1774 polar bear
protuberantia occipitalis externa, right scapula, os coxae, loose distal epiphyses of right femur, loose distal epiphyses of left femur, three right anterior costae