Where: Bangladesh (22.0° N, 89.5° E: paleocoordinates 22.0° N, 89.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• recent animals, not fossils
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay
Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic
Primary reference: B. D. Smith, G. Braulik, S. Strindberg, B. Ahmed, and R. Mansur. 2006. Abundance of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) and Ganges River dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) estimated using concurrent counts made by independent teams in waterways of the Sundarabans Mangrove Forest in Bangladesh. Marine Mammal Science 22(3):527-547 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 68029: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.12.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Platanista gangetica Leebeck 1801 toothed whale | |
Orcaella brevirostris Gray 1866 Irrawaddy dolphin |