Vester Tvaersted Skole (Pleistocene of Denmark)

Where: Denmark (57.6° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 57.5° N, 10.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Aaris-Sørensen, K. L. Rasmussen, C. Kinze and K. S. Petersen. 2010. Late Pleistocene and Holocene whale remains (Cetacea) from Denmark and adjacent countries: Species, distribution, chronology, and trace element concentrations. Marine Mammal Science 26(2):253-281 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 159731: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 07.08.2014

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale
Eubalaena glacialis Muller 1776 North Atlantic right whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Megaptera cf. novaeangliae Brisson 1762 humpback whale