Shanghai (Holocene of China)

Where: China (31.2° N, 121.5° E: paleocoordinates 31.2° N, 121.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Primary reference: C. Keching. 1976. Whale bones unearthed near Shanghai. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 14(4):267-268 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124382: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 14.02.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus 1758 fin whale