Baie de Kouaoua: Holocene, New Caledonia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède 1804
Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister 1867
see common names

Geography
Country:New Caledonia
Coordinates: 21.4° South, 165.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.4° South, 165.8° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:intrashelf/intraplatform reef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:83456
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:S. Strother Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-08-20 15:09:52 Last modified:2010-07-02 19:46:11
Access level:the public Released:2008-08-20 15:09:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

27683. P. Borsa. 2006. Marine mammal strandings in the New Caledonia region, Southwest Pacific. Comptes Rendus Biologies 329(4):277-288 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

33047 N. Guillemot, P. Chabanet, and O. Le Pape. 2010. Cyclone effects on the coral reef habitats in New Caledonia. Coral Reefs, Springer-Verlag 29:445-453 [M. Uhen/S. Strother]