Where: Jylland, Denmark (56.7° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 56.5° N, 5.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Vejle Fjord Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• late Chattian; calcareous nodules washed up on the beach from coastal exposures
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: hydrochloric
Primary reference: E. Hoch. 2000. Olfaction in whales: Evidence from a young odontocete of the Late Oligocene North Sea. Historical Biology 14:67-89 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 107511: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 09.04.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Platanistoidea indet. Simpson 1945 toothed whale |