San Isidro Quarry (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as Portocolom, Felantix

Where: Mallorca, Spain (39.4° N, 3.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.6° N, 2.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Calcàries de Santanyí Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; ooidal limestone

• oolitic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Mas, M. Bisconti, E. Torres-Roig, J. Juárez, and J. Sacarès. 2018. L’última balena del Messinià. Primera cita d’un cetaci misticet relacionat amb la Crisi de Salinitat Messiniana de la Mediterrània. Jornades de Medi Ambient de les Illes Balears VII(3):112-115 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 200404: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.04.2019

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual