Whaling Survey: Holocene, Oregon
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Megaptera novaeangliae
(Brisson 1762)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Oregon |
| Coordinates: | 44.6° North, 123.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.5° North, 123.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 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: | 167968 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | C. Peredo | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-04-10 10:19:50 | Last modified: | 2015-04-10 10:19:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-10 10:19:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54979. | C. S. Baker, R. W. Slade, J. L. Bannister, R. B. Abernethy, M. T. Weinrich, J. Lien, J. Urban, P. Corkeron, J. Calmabokidis, O. Vasquez, and S. R. Palumbi. 1994. Hierarchical structure of mitochondrial DNA gene flow among humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae, world-wide. Molecular Ecology 4:313-327 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo] |