Skalhøjene (Pleistocene of Greenland)

Where: Greenland (82.0° N, 53.6° W: paleocoordinates 81.9° N, 53.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandy siltstone

• glaciolacustrine

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Meldgaard and O. Bennike. 1989. Interglacial remains of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) and lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus (?)) from North Greenland. Boreas 18:359-366 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 227055: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.08.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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? Pyrenomycetidae indet., Cenococcum geophilum, Dryas octopetala, Papaver scapiflora, Draba sp., Melandrium apetalum, Foraminifera indet., Chronomidae indet., Oribatidae indet.
Oribatidae indet.
exoskeletons
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
Salix arctica, Salix sp.
Salix sp. Linnaeus 1753 willow
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Potentilla sp.
Potentilla sp. Linnaeus 1753 cinquefoil
 Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus hyperboreus, Ranunculus sp.
Ranunculus sp. Linnaeus 1753 buttercup
 Saxifragales - Saxifragaceae
Saxifraga oppositifolia
 Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae
Oxyria digyna
Oxyria digyna knotweed
 Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae
Cerastium arcticum
Cerastium arcticum chickweed
/alpinum seed
 Poales - Poaceae
Festuca sp.
Festuca sp. Linnaeus 1753 fescue
 Poales - Cyperaceae
Carex sp.
Carex sp. Linnaeus 1753 sedge
Poa
  -
? Poa sp.
? Poa sp. Linnaeus 1753 meadow-grass
Eriophorum
  -
Eriophorum sp.
Eriophorum sp. Linnaeus 1753 cotton grass
Minuartia
  -
Minuartia sp.
Minuartia sp. Linnaeus 1753
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum sp.
Equisetum sp. Linnaeus 1753 horsetail
unclassified
  -
Bryophyta indet.
Branchiopoda
 Phyllopoda -
Cladocera sp.
Cladocera sp. Latreille 1829 water flea
 Cladocera -
Daphnia pulex
Daphnia pulex water flea
tp. ephippia
 Notostraca - Triopsidae
Lepidurus cf. arcticus
Lepidurus cf. arcticus Tadpole shrimp
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Dicrostonyx ? torquatus
Dicrostonyx ? torquatus Pallas 1778 Arctic lemming
droppings