Where: Sweden (64.8° N, 20.4° E: paleocoordinates 64.8° N, 20.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Radiocarbon dated at c. 45,000 BP and >40,000 BP, most probably deposited during an Early or Middle Weichselian interstadial, but the initial or final stage of an interglacial (Eemian) is also possible.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1981
Collection methods: core
Primary reference: A. M. Robertsson and K. G. Ambrosiani. 1988. Late Pleistocene stratigraphy at Boliden, northern Sweden. Boreas 17:1-14 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 162752: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.10.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bacillariophyceae | |
Cymbella spp. Agardh 1830 diatom | |
Melosira sp. Agardh 1824 diatom | |
Eunotia spp. Ehrenberg 1837 diatom | |
Angiospermae | |
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow | |
Insecta | |
"Arpedium brachypterum" = Eucnecosum brachypterum
"Arpedium brachypterum" = Eucnecosum brachypterum Gravenhorst 1802 rove beetle |