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