Langebaanweg E Quarry Dump 10: Zanclean, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenopteridae indet.
Gray 1864
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1 specimen | ||||||
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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: | 179730 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Created: | 2016-06-28 16:12:20 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-06-28 16:12:20 |
| 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] |