New Finds, Sites and Radiocarbon Dates of Skeletal Remains of the Great Auk Pinguinus impennis from the Netherlands

Langeveld, Bram

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“…The dredged sediments are of Late Pleistocene age and are known for their rich content of terrestrial and marine mammals, birds and molluscs (e.g. Mol et al, 2006Mol et al, , 2015Kuitems et al, 2015;Langeveld, 2020).…”

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A distant traveller: a Late Jurassic nerineoid gastropod (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) on the Maasvlakte 2 beach, the Netherlands

Reumer,

Schinkel

2024

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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A distant traveller: a Late Jurassic nerineoid gastropod (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) on the Maasvlakte 2 beach, the Netherlands

Reumer,

Schinkel

2024

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

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“…In the Holocene, the breeding grounds were on islands and remote skerries, in the boreal and low Arctic zones on both sides of the North Atlantic (e.g., Burness & Montevecchi, 1992; Langeveld, 2020; Meldgaard, 1988; Serjeantson, 2001). Burness and Montevecchi (1992) compared measurements of great auk bones from the west Atlantic (Funk Island) and the east Atlantic (Norway).…”

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“…At localities bordering the North Sea, high numbers of great auk bones have been recovered. Currant and Stewart (2000), Groot (2005), and Langeveld (2020) have reported great auk remains from 20 localities in the Netherlands. In the British Isles, bones have been found at 51 sites/periods, mainly on the Hebrides and the Orkneys.…”

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The great auk in Norway: From common to locally extinct

Hufthammer

2022

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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A total of 477 bones of the great auk (Pinguinus impennis) from 53 localities and 55 periods in Norway are studied. All but two, are archaeological sites from the Holocene, mainly from 6000–2000 cal years bp. The two non‐anthropogenic sites date to the Ice Age: probably 36,000–34,500 and 14,690–12,890 years bp. The bones are mainly unburned and well preserved but fractured. Except for the open‐air sites in northern Norway, the bones are mainly from rock‐shelters and caves. In combining archive data, chronological information, and morphometrical studies, we suggest the great auk disappeared from the most southern part of Norway (and Sweden and Denmark) prior to 4000 years bp: a decline in distribution 2000 years ago: It became absent from the Norwegian coast 1000 years ago. Data suggest that it was distributed on the coast and in the fjord systems in winter and early spring. The presence of bones of juveniles/subadults indicates that it was also distributed in northern Norway in the autumn. To evaluate possible size differences, in time and space, nine bone elements have been measured according to standard recommendations. Multiple imputation was used to handle missing data before any statistical analysis. Analyses indicate that bones from Nordland are larger than from the rest of the country, while bones from the northernmost sites are smaller. At some localities, size differences, especially in total length of the bones, are found. It has not been verified if this is due to individual variation or sexual differences. The great auk became extinct in the 19th century. The study supports the theory that human predation at breeding sites was the main cause of its extinction.

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Prehistorical and historical occurrence and range dynamic of the Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) and the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in Europe

Schmölcke,

Thomsen

2024

J Ornithol

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The Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) and the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) are emblematic birds of high conservation interest. This article examines their range history in Europe since the end of the last Glacial by analyzing subfossil bone finds of both species, mostly from archaeological excavations. It is shown that two thousand years ago, White Storks occurred exclusively in the territory of the Roman Empire, i.e. the northern border of their distribution ran along the Rhine and Danube rivers. The north-east part of the continent, with its high population density today, was only colonized in the last few centuries. The Spoonbill’s patchy occurrence in Europe today appears to be a typical distribution pattern for this species. The subfossil findings also do not indicate a large, closed distribution area for any phase of the last 10,000 years. Some of its distribution islands (e.g. those in the Netherlands) have existed for thousands of years.

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New Finds, Sites and Radiocarbon Dates of Skeletal Remains of the Great Auk Pinguinus impennis from the Netherlands

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A distant traveller: a Late Jurassic nerineoid gastropod (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) on the Maasvlakte 2 beach, the Netherlands

A distant traveller: a Late Jurassic nerineoid gastropod (Mollusca, Heterobranchia) on the Maasvlakte 2 beach, the Netherlands

The great auk in Norway: From common to locally extinct

Prehistorical and historical occurrence and range dynamic of the Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) and the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in Europe

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