Agulhas Bank (Holocene of South Africa)
Where: South Africa (37.2° S, 21.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° S, 21.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Holocene?
Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, phosphatic sandstone
Primary reference: K. H. Barnard. 1954. A guide book to South African Whales and Dolphins. South African Museum 4:1-33 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 79916: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Mammalia | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850 beaked whale | |
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cf. Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier 1824 Cuvier's beaked whale poriton of a skull closely resembling that of Cuvier's Beaked whale
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Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish |