Vilaseca (Miocene to of Spain)

Where: Tarragona, Spain (42.1° N, 7.6° W: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 9.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)

• Upper Burdigalian-Langhian

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1989. Miocene cetacean remains from Mediterranean Spain. Contributions to the paleontology of some Tethyan Cetacean and Sirenia (Mammalia) II 13-36 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49680: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Cetotherium sp. Brandt 1843 whale