Luanda Formation: Late Miocene, Angola
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Neobalaenidae
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| 2 specimens | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Angola |
| Coordinates: | 8.3° South, 13.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.3° South, 13.2° East (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Luanda |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
| Geology comments: transitional enviroments, change over time | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 120143 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-11-08 06:27:15 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-11-08 06:27:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38453. | J. Graf, L. Jacobs, M. Polcyn, O. Mateus, and A. Schulp. 2011. New fossil whales from Angola. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Abstracts:119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |