Where: Florida (25.9° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 77.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• Globicephala fohsi fohsi Zone
Environment/lithology: marine; phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: salvage,
• dredge sample
Primary reference: F. C. Whitmore, G. V. Morejohn, and H. T. Mullins. 1986. Fossil beaked whales-Mesoplodon longirostris dredged from the ocean bottom. National Geographic Research 2(1):47-56 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 57136: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.12.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Mesoplodon longirostris Cuvier 1824 beaked whale |