A Late Weichselian find of polar bear ( Ursus maritimus Phipps) from Denmark and reflections on the paleoenvironment

• Published in: Boreas
• Main Authors: AARIS‐SØRENSEN, KIM, PETERSEN, KAJ STRAND
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1984
• Subjects: Arctic; Kjul; brown bear; Ice Sheet; Ursus arctos; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1984.tb00056.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1502-3885.1984.tb00056.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1502-3885.1984.tb00056.x

The mandible of a polar bear (Ursus maritimus Phipps) found in about 1920 at Kjul Å, North Jutland, and described by Nordmann & Degerbol in 1930. has been l4 C dated to 11.100 ± 160 B.P. It is so far the only find of polar bear in Denmark. Comparison with recent 14 C datings of Swedish and Norwe...