Citation:

j.1502-3885.1995.tb00785.x

Name: Occurrence of mammalia relicts at site Nörre-Lyngby
Creator: Kim Aaris-Sørensen
Published: 1995
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: Bölling; Late Pleistocene; Limfjorden; Pleistocene; Pleistocene; Quarternary; Weichselian

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Abstract:

Investigations at a Late Weichselian freshwater basin in northwestern Jutland, Denmark, yielded a fairly rich assemblage of vertebrate remains, mostly bones and teeth of small mammals. The remains are primarily allochthonous and the bones have been subjected to different taphonomic pathways and agents. AMS 14C-dates on terrestrial organic remains provided ages of Middle to Late Allerød time. Identifications revealed the first fossil record in Scandinavia of Rana arvalis, Sorex minutus, Ochotona cf. pusilla, Microtus gregalis, Microtus oeconomus, and Sicista cf. betulinu. Spermophilus cf. major and Desmana moschata, previously found only once and twice respectively, were retrieved, and Sorex araneus and Arvicola terrestris were recovered for the first time beyond the Atlantic chronozone. Ecologically, the Nørre Lyngby small mammal fauna can be characterized by its very high and almost equal proportions of boreal forest and steppe elements followed by a relatively high proportion of tundra elements. The fossil species share a modern area of sympatry north of the Caspian Sea from the river Volga in the west to the southern and western slopes of the Urals. If, however, the large Allerød mammals are added, the fauna is without modern analogues. The Nørre Lyngby fauna can be seen as a last expansion of the North European glacial fauna. Provided that an absolute chronology and a differentiated sea-level curve for the area can be established, the Nørre Lyngby fauna could become important for studies in mammalian dispersal and migration rates.

Keyword(s):

Bölling; Late Pleistocene; Limfjorden; Pleistocene; Pleistocene; Quarternary; Weichselian

Project(s):

European Quaternary Mammalia Database (EUQUAM)

Coverage:

Latitude: 56.000000 * Longitude: 10.000000

Minimum ORDINAL NUMBER: 1 * Maximum ORDINAL NUMBER: 1

Event(s):

Nörre_Lyngby (Nr._Lyngby) * Latitude: 56.000000 * Longitude: 10.000000 * Elevation: 12.0 m * Comment: Hjörring

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Method/Device	Comment
1	ORDINAL NUMBER	Ord No			Geocode
2	Stratigraphy	Stratigraphy		Counting, mammalia
3	Age, comment	Comm
4	Age, minimum/young	Age min	ka	Age, 14C AMS
5	Age, maximum/old	Age max	ka	Age, 14C AMS
6	Geologic age name	Geol age
7	Facies name/code	Facies
8	Sample comment	Sample comment
9	Sorex minutus	S. minutus		Counting, mammalia
10	Sorex araneus-alpinus	S. araneus-alpinus		Counting, mammalia
11	Desmana moschata	D. moschata		Counting, mammalia
12	Ochotona pusilla	O. pusilla		Counting, mammalia
13	Spermophilus major	S. major		Counting, mammalia
14	Arvicola terrestris	A. terrestris		Counting, mammalia
15	Microtus sp.	Microtus sp.		Counting, mammalia
16	Microtus gregalis	M. gregalis		Counting, mammalia
17	Microtus oeconomus	M. oeconomus		Counting, mammalia
18	Sicista subtilis-betulina	S. subtilis-betulina		Counting, mammalia
19	Rangifer tarandus	R. tarandus		Counting, mammalia
20	Aves	Aves		Counting, mammalia
21	Amphibia	Amphibia		Counting, mammalia
22	Pisces	Pisces		Counting, mammalia

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

Size:

21 data points

Data

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1 Ord No	2 Stratigraphy	3 Comm	4 Age min [ka]	5 Age max [ka]	6 Geol age	7 Facies	8 Sample comment	9 S. minutus	10 S. araneus-alpinus	11 D. moschata	12 O. pusilla	13 S. major	14 A. terrestris	15 Microtus sp.	16 M. gregalis	17 M. oeconomus	18 S. subtilis-betulina	19 R. tarandus	20 Aves	21 Amphibia	22 Pisces
1	A	Coast cliff 20km s. of Hirtshals	11.100	11.600	Pleistocene / Late Pleistocene / Late Weichselian / Bölling	Gravels and sands	No Sample mixing	identified	identified	identified	identified	identified	identified	identified	identified	identified	identified	identified	identified	identified	identified