Where: Queensland, Australia (19.2° S, 146.6° E: paleocoordinates 19.2° S, 146.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• modern specimen
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (float)
• modern specimen
Primary reference: T. A. Jefferson and H. C. Rosenbaum. 2014. Taxonomic revision of the humpback dolphins (Sousa spp.), and description of a new species from Australia. Marine Mammal Science 30(4):1494-1541 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 159699: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.08.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Sousa sahulensis n. sp.
Sousa sahulensis n. sp. Jefferson and Rosenbaum 2014 dolphin |