Challenger Station 160 (Neogene of Australia)
Where: South Australia, Australia (42.7° S, 134.2° E: paleocoordinates 51.2° S, 131.3° E)
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When: Neogene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: dredged from a depth of 2600 fathoms
Primary reference: W. Turner. 1880. Report on the bones of Cetacea. Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H. M. S. Challenger during the years of 1873-76 4:1-37 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 99623: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mesoplodon sp. Gervais 1850 beaked whale | |
"Globiocephalus sp." = Globicephala, Delphinus sp.
"Globiocephalus sp." = Globicephala Lesson 1828 pilot whale
Delphinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 common dolphin | |