Vester Tvaersted Skole: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Denmark
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus 1758
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Eubalaena glacialis
(Muller 1776)
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Megaptera cf. novaeangliae
(Brisson 1762)
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Geography
| Country: | Denmark | County: | Hjorring |
| Coordinates: | 57.6° North, 10.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 57.5° North, 10.0° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 14200 to 13730 YBP (14C (calibrated)) |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 159731 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | C. Peredo |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-08-07 15:14:41 | Last modified: | 2023-01-02 13:55:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-08-07 15:14:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32630. | K. Aaris-Sørensen, K. L. Rasmussen, C. Kinze and K. S. Petersen. 2010. Late Pleistocene and Holocene whale remains (Cetacea) from Denmark and adjacent countries: Species, distribution, chronology, and trace element concentrations. Marine Mammal Science 26(2):253-281 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |