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Protophocaena minima
Taxonomy
Protophocaena minima was named by Abel (1905) [specimen number from Ahrens (2005)]. Its type specimen is IRSBN 391-M.172 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Anvers, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine horizon in Belgium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1905 | Protophocaena minima Abel p. 139 figs. Fig. 22-23 |
| 1985 | Protophocaena minima Barnes p. 151 |
| 2005 | Protophocaena minima Lambert and Post p. 8 |
| 2010 | Protophocaena minima Cozzuol p. 200 |
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†Protophocaena minima Abel 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 11.60800 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) | Protophocaena minima (89445) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Netherlands | Protophocaena minima (53889) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Belgium (Antwerpen) | Protophocaena minima (type locality: 47465) |