Selva fishing ground (Miocene to of Spain)
Where: Spain (44.2° N, 8.7° W: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 9.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: G. Bianucci, I. Miján, and O. Lambert. 2013. Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula. Geodiversitas 35(1):105-153 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 141838: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
Tusciziphius atlanticus, Beneziphius cetariensis n. sp., aff. Ziphirostrum sp., Choneziphius leidyi n. sp.
Tusciziphius atlanticus Bianucci et al. 2013 beaked whale
Beneziphius cetariensis n. sp. Miján et al. 2017 beaked whale
aff. Ziphirostrum sp. Du Bus 1868 beaked whale
Choneziphius leidyi n. sp. Bianucci et al. 2013 beaked whale | |