Dogger Bank (Pleistocene to of North Atlantic)

Where: North Atlantic (55.0° N, 3.0° E: paleocoordinates 55.0° N, 3.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: dredged from the sea bottom

Primary reference: S. Kardas. 1965. Notas sobre el genero Odobenus (Mammalia, Pinnipedia). 1. Una nueva suespecie fosil del Pleistoceno superior-Holoceno. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural. Organo del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Joseph de Acosta Seccion Geologica 63:363-380 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 102954: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Odobenus obesus antiquus Kardas 1965 walrus
"Trichechus rosmarus" = Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus 1758 walrus
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
"Hyaena spelaea" = Crocuta crocuta spelaea
"Hyaena spelaea" = Crocuta crocuta spelaea Goldfuss 1823 spotted hyaena
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Cervus megaceros" = Alces (Megaceros) fossilis, Cervus sp., Cervus elaphus, "Cervus tarandus" = Rangifer tarandus
"Cervus megaceros" = Alces (Megaceros) fossilis Kerr 1792 Irish elk
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
"Cervus tarandus" = Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 1758 reindeer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
"Rhinoceros tichorhinus" = Coelodonta antiquitatis
"Rhinoceros tichorhinus" = Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach 1799 wooly rhino
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas primigenius" = Mammuthus primigenius
"Elephas primigenius" = Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth