Wieringermeer (Holocene of Netherlands)

Where: Netherlands (52.9° N, 5.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.9° N, 5.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• no time period is actually specified in the paper, said to be from the "soil",

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. C. A. Junge. 1936. Bones of a whale from the Wieringermeer, Zuider Zee. Nature 138:78 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73756: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.06.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Eschrichtiidae
Eschrichtius robustus Lilljeborg 1861 gray whale