Fos: Pleistocene, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphius cavirostris n. gen., n. sp. Cuvier 1824
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
Reference information

Primary reference:

14621. G. Cuvier. 1824. Recherches sur les ossements fossiles 5(1):1-352 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

12161 P. Hershkovitz. 1966. Catalog of Living Whales. United States National Museum Bulletin 246:1-259 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]