Jemelianovbreen (Holocene of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

Where: Svalbard and Jan Mayen (77.8° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 77.8° N, 18.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marineunlithified

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. Lonne and E. Fuglei. 1998. Melting out of a bowhead whale carcass from the lateral moraine of the Jemelianovbreen at Svalbard. Abstracts - Nordic Geological Winter Meeting 23:190 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 162116: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 19.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale