Hamnsundhelleren Cave (Pleistocene of Norway)

Where: Norway (62.5° N, 6.3° E: paleocoordinates 62.5° N, 6.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, muddy, silty claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. Valen, J. Mangerud, E. Larsen and A. K. Hufthammer. 1996. Sedimentology and stratigraphy in the cave Hamnsundhelleren, western Norway. Journal of Quaternary Science 11(3):185-201 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 162578: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 29.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca sp. Linnaeus 1758 seal
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Alopex lagopus" = Vulpes lagopus
"Alopex lagopus" = Vulpes lagopus Linnaeus 1758 Arctic fox
Aves
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
 Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
"Plautus ? alle" = Alle alle, Uria sp.
"Plautus ? alle" = Alle alle Linnaeus 1758 dovekie
Uria sp. Brisson 1760 auk
 Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Acanthis sp. Borkhausen 1797 redpoll
 Passeriformes - Motacillidae
Anthus pratensis Linnaeus 1758 meadow pipit
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Clangula hyemalis Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed duck