São Paulo Ridge (Pliocene of Brazil)
Where: Brazil (28.5° S, 41.7° W: paleocoordinates 28.4° S, 40.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Age after Nozaki et al 2017.
Environment/lithology: deep-water; volcaniclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. Ichishima, A. H. Agustin, T. Toyofuku and H. Kitazato. 2017. A new species of Africanacetus (Odontoceti: Ziphiidae) found on the deep ocean floor off the coast of Brazil. Deep–Sea Research II [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 183433: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.12.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Africanacetus gracilis n. sp.
Africanacetus gracilis n. sp. Ichishima et al. 2017 beaked whale |