Kilmer's Discovery Locality: Messinian, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Kogiidae
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Praekogia cedrosensis
Barnes 1973
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Physeterinae indet.
Flower 1867
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Albireonidae
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Albireo whistleri n. gen., n. sp.
Barnes 1984
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Albireo aff. whistleri
Barnes 1984
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Barnes 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| originally entered as "Albireo aff. wistleri" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Baja California |
| Coordinates: | 28.1° North, 115.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.7° North, 111.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: no lithological description given | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 45460 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-10-24 12:14:56 | Last modified: | 2010-10-28 16:37:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-24 12:14:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11878. | L. G. Barnes. 1984. Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico. PaleoBios 42:1-46 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 28389 | L. G. Barnes. 2008. Miocene and Pliocene Albireonidae (Ceatcea, Odontoceti), Rare and unusual fossil dolphins from the Eastern North Pacific Ocean. Natural History of Los Angeles County Science Series 41:99-152 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner] |