Lewis Island: Holocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Hyperoodon planifrons n. sp.
Flower 1882
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Western Australia |
| Coordinates: | 20.6° South, 116.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.6° South, 116.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | West Lewis Island | ||
| Database number: | 86922 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-24 09:23:24 | Last modified: | 2009-02-24 11:54:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-24 09:23:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12161. | P. Hershkovitz. 1966. Catalog of Living Whales. United States National Museum Bulletin 246:1-259 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |