Paleocene tracks of the mammal pantodont genus Titanoides in coal-bearing strata, Svalbard, Arctic Norway

Charlotta J. Lüthje, Jesper Milàn, Jørn H. Hurum

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We discuss large tracks recently discovered in Paleocene coal deposits from Svalbard. The age, large size, and excellent preservation of the tracks allows them to be identified to the pantodont Titanoides. This is the earliest evidence of a large mammal on the Arctic islands and the northernmost record from the Paleocene. The traces are described in detail and named Thulitheripus svalbardii, gen. et sp. nov. Large Paleocene pantodonts are previously only known from North America. The presence of pantodonts in the Paleocene strata of Svalbard confirms the postulated DeGeer route for migration of mammals in the Paleocene/Eocene.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Sider (fra-til)521-527
Antal sider7
TidsskriftJournal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Vol/bind30
Udgave nummer2
DOI
StatusUdgivet - mar. 2010
Udgivet eksterntJa

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