Hastefjorden: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Sweden

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben 1777)
Harington 2008
Phoca groenlandica Erxleben 1777
Sommer and Benecke 2003
recombined as Pagophilus groenlandica
see common names

Geography
Country:Sweden
Coordinates: 58.4° North, 12.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:58.4° North, 12.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Hastefjorden
Database number:81817
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-07-16 09:36:11 Last modified:2013-03-07 14:54:21
Access level:the public Released:2008-07-16 09:36:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

45415. J. G. H. Kinberg. 1869. Om arktiska Phocaeceer, funna uti mellersta Sveriges glaciallera. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens förhandlingar 26:13-51 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

27585 C. R. Harington. 2008. The evolution of Arctic marine mammals. Ecological Applications 18(2 Suppl.):S23-S40 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
30268 R. Sommer and R. Benecke. 2003. Post-glacial history of the European seal fauna on the basis of sub-fossil records. Beitrage zur Archaeozoologie un prahistorischen Anthropologie 4:16-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]