Cedar Island: Neogene, Virginia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Mesoplodon cf. longirostris
(Cuvier 1824)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Virginia |
| Coordinates: | 37.6° North, 75.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.8° North, 72.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 |
| Key time interval: | Neogene |
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: found as beach float; geologic age uncertain |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 81599 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-07-01 12:11:09 | Last modified: | 2008-07-01 15:11:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-01 12:11:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27523. | S. Godfrey. 2007. Fossil beaked whale skull donated to the Calvert Marine Museum. The Ecphora 22(1):1-2 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |