Whaling Survey: Holocene, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Mesoplodon sp.
Gervais 1850
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Geography
| Country: | Brazil |
| Coordinates: | 12.4° South, 37.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.4° South, 37.8° 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: | 168576 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | C. Peredo | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-04-26 17:59:01 | Last modified: | 2015-04-26 17:59:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-26 17:59:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55079. | J. Barlow. 2003. Preliminary estimates of the abundance of cetaceans along the U.S. west coast: 1991-2001. Southwest Fisheries Center Administrative Report [M. Uhen/C. Peredo] |