Poussan: Miocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Mesoplodon (Cetorhynchus) christolii n. sp.
Gervais 1861
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Cetorhynchus christoli | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Plesiocetus gervaisii n. sp.
Van Beneden and Gervais 1868
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Van Beneden 1872 | ||||||
| corrected as Cetotherium (Plesiocetopsis) gervaisii | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | France |
| Coordinates: | 43.5° North, 3.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.7° North, 2.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: No age information is given by Gervais (1861) or Van Beneden & Gervais (1880): Kellogg (1922) states that it is Miocene. |
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: | 85152 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-12-03 07:19:09 | Last modified: | 2008-12-03 09:19:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-12-03 07:19:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12653. | P. Gervais. 1861. Sur différents espèces de vertébrés fossiles observées pour la plupart dans le Midi de la France [On different species of vertebrate fossils observed mostly in the South of France]. Académie des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier, Mémoires de la Section des Sciences 5:117-132 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 12326 | P. J. Van Beneden. 1872. Les Baleines fossiles d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts 34:6-23 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |