Las Paredes (Miocene of Spain)

Also known as Pardes fishing ground

Where: Glacia, Spain (42.1° N, 9.4° W: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 10.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• found off the coast of Glacia

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Bianucci, I. Miján, and O. Lambert. 2013. Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula. Geodiversitas 35(1):105-153 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 80694: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.05.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Tusciziphius atlanticus Bianucci et al. 2013 beaked whale
Hyperoodon sp. Lacépède 1804 beaked whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Globicephalinae indet. Gray 1866 dolphin
 Cetacea -
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale