Baia Farta (Pleistocene of Angola)

Also known as Dungo V

Where: Benguela, Angola (12.6° S, 13.2° E: paleocoordinates 12.6° S, 13.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shoreface; coarse-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic

Primary reference: M. Gutierrez, C. Guerin, M. Lena and M. P. Jesus. 2001. Exploitation d'un grand cetace au Paleolithique ancien: le site de Dungo V a Baia Farta (Benguela, Angola). C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des planetes 332:357-362 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 56883: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804 rorqual