Fos: Pleistocene, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Ziphius cavirostris n. gen., n. sp.
Cuvier 1824
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | France | State/province: | Bouches-du-Rhone |
Coordinates: | 43.4° North, 4.9° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.5° North, 4.9° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Age of this collection is something of a guess. |
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: | Fos-sur-Mer | ||
Database number: | 86921 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2009-02-24 09:19:01 | Last modified: | 2009-02-24 11:54:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-24 09:19:01 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |