Glavica: MN 6 - MN 7 + 8, Slovakia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cetacea - Tranatocetidae
Mesocetus sp. Van Beneden 1880
see common names

Geography
Country:Slovakia
Coordinates: 48.2° North, 17.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.8° North, 16.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Key time interval:MN 6 - MN 7 + 8
Age range of interval:13.65000 - 11.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Member:Sandberg
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Badenian, Sandberg age (MN6b to MN 7+8)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: fine and coarse fractions alternate
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: nearshore marine
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:69714
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:B. Shipps Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-03-02 14:24:08 Last modified:2017-02-19 22:44:53
Access level:database members Released:2007-06-02 14:24:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

23390. M. Sabol and P. Holec. 2002. Temporal and spatial distribution of Miocene mammals in the western Carpatians (Slovakia). Geologica Carpathica 53(4):269-279 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]