Where: Iceland (66.1° N, 17.3° W: paleocoordinates 66.1° N, 17.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tjörnes Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• we can only constrain the fossil between the oldest and youngest available estimates for the age of the middle of the Mactra Zone. The minimum estimate (Einarsson et al. 1967; Albertsson 1978) for the age of these beds is 3.4 Ma, and the maximum is 4.63 Ma (Verhoeven et al. 2011). As such, we can conclude that the fossil whale IMNH 9598 (cf. Eubalaena) dates to the early Pliocene (4.63–3.4Ma, Zanclean–Piacenzian).
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Racicot, D. Field, A. Behlke and J. Gauthier. 2011. The first major vertebrate fossil from the Plocene of Iceland: an odontocete (Cetacea: Odontoceti) from the Tjornes Formation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Abstracts:177 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 120144: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
cf. Eubalaena sp. Gray 1864 right whale |