MPPM - G7 1976/2: Zanclean, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenopteridae indet.
Gray 1864
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | South Africa |
Coordinates: | 33.0° South, 18.2° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° South, 17.7° East |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Varswater |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 179729 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Created: | 2016-06-28 16:11:35 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-06-28 16:11:35 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
59588. | R. Govender, M. Bisconti, and A. Chinsamy. 2016. A late Miocene–early Pliocene baleen whale assemblage from Langebaanweg, west coast of South Africa (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Alcheringa [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |