Agulhas Bank: Holocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Makaria sp.
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| listed as "marlin" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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cf. Ziphius cavirostris
Cuvier 1824
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| poriton of a skull closely resembling that of Cuvier's Beaked whale | ||||||||||
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Mesoplodon sp.
Gervais 1850
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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cf. Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| lower jaw resembling that of a killer whale | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Eubalaena australis
(Desmoulins 1822)
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| listed as right whale | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| listed as fin whale | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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unclassified
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Mollusca indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | South Africa |
| Coordinates: | 37.2° South, 21.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.2° South, 21.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
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
| Stratigraphy comments: Holocene? |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic,phosphatic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 79916 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-26 11:45:14 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-03-26 11:45:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26852. | K. H. Barnard. 1954. A guide book to South African Whales and Dolphins. South African Museum 4:1-33 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |