Miami Terrace (Miocene of the United States)

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

• phospohorite

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
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon longirostris Cuvier 1824 beaked whale