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SUMMARY
Late glacial bird remains from
the Melabakkar cliffs,
Western Iceland
by
Ólafur Ingólfsson,
Department of Quaternary geology,
University of Lund, Sölvegatan 13,
S-223 62 Lund, Sweden.
An investigation of Late Glacial strata
in the Melabakkar cliffs Western Iceland
(fig. 1) revealed a sub-fossil bone of a
single bird (fig. 2), Somateria mollissima
(L). On the basis of stratigraphical evi-
dence it is inferred that the sediments in
which the bone was found were deposited
towards the end of the last glaciation. As
remains of birds are extremely rare in Ice-
landic sediments, this find is a welcomed
addition. Together with one other find,
this bone is the oldest bird remain known
in Iceland.
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