Quiou: Miocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Orycterocetus crocodilinus
Cope 1867
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | France |
| Coordinates: | 48.4° North, 2.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.5° North, 3.4° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 148404 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-07-19 05:00:43 | Last modified: | 2013-07-18 14:00:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-07-19 05:00:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15322. | L. Ginsburg and P. Janvier. 1971. Les mamiferes marins des faluns miocenes de la Touraine et de l'Anjou. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sciences de la Terre 6(22):161-195 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |