Assumanda (Miocene to of Portugal)

Also known as ISM 6

Where: Azores, Portugal (37.0° N, 25.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 25.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Touril Complex Formation, Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Estevens and S. P. Ávila. 2007. Fossil whales from the Azores. Açoreana Supl. 5:140-161 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 107485: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.04.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850 beaked whale