Taulignan: Burdigalian, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodontidae
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Squalodon vocontiorum n. sp.
Delfortrie 1874
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | France | State/province: | Drome |
| Coordinates: | 44.4° North, 5.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.6° North, 3.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Helvetian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Midi | ||
| Database number: | 85260 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-12-08 15:12:25 | Last modified: | 2010-09-14 09:23:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-12-08 15:12:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33877. | E. Delfortrie. 1874. Un Squalodon d'espece nouvelle dans le Miocene Superieur du Midi de la France. Actes de la Societe Linneene de Bordeaux 9:257-263 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 6031 | R. Kellogg. 1923. Description of two squalodonts recently discovered in the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland; and notes on the shark-toothed cetaceans. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum 62(16):1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |