Where: Indian Ocean (59.0° S, 77.5° E: paleocoordinates 59.0° S, 77.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Neogene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: trawled from the sea floor by the vessel Karadag in the southern part of Banzare Bank
Primary reference: P. E. Goldin and K. A. Vishnyakova. 2013. Africanacetus from the sub−Antarctic region: The southernmost record of fossil beaked whales. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(3):445-452 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 149814: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.08.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Africanacetus sp. Bianucci et al. 2007 beaked whale |