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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Phoca sp. Linnaeus 1758 seal | |
"Alopex lagopus" = Vulpes lagopus
"Alopex lagopus" = Vulpes lagopus Linnaeus 1758 Arctic fox | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Acanthis sp. Borkhausen 1797 redpoll | |
Anthus pratensis Linnaeus 1758 meadow pipit | |
Clangula hyemalis Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed duck |