Whaling Survey: Holocene, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Physeter macrocephalus
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 41.2° North, 13.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.2° North, 13.1° East |
| 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: | 168259 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | C. Peredo | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-04-18 10:45:26 | Last modified: | 2015-04-18 10:45:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-18 10:45:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55094. | J. Barlow and G. A. Cameron. 2003. Field experiments show that acoustic pingers reduce marine mammal by-catch in the California drift gill net fishery. Marine Mammal Science 19(2):265-283 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo] |