Carlsbad (Holocene of the United States)

Where: California (33.1° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 117.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal

Primary reference: M. L. Dalebout, J. G. Mead, C. S. Baker, A. N. Baker, and A. L. Helden. 2002. A new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon perrini sp. n. (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) discovered through phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Marine Mammal Science 18(3):577-608 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77006: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.12.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon perrini n. sp. Dalebout et al. 2002 beaked whale