Poussan (Miocene of France)

Where: France (43.5° N, 3.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 2.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• No age information is given by Gervais (1861) or Van Beneden & Gervais (1880): Kellogg (1922) states that it is Miocene.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Primary reference: P. Gervais. 1861. Sur différents espèces de vertébrés fossiles observées pour la plupart dans le Midi de la France [On different species of vertebrate fossils observed mostly in the South of France]. Académie des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier, Mémoires de la Section des Sciences 5:117-132 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 85152: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.12.2008

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
"Mesoplodon (Cetorhynchus) christolii n. sp." = Cetorhynchus christoli
"Mesoplodon (Cetorhynchus) christolii n. sp." = Cetorhynchus christoli Gervais 1861 beaked whale
 Cetacea -
"Plesiocetus gervaisii n. sp." = Cetotherium (Plesiocetopsis) gervaisii
"Plesiocetus gervaisii n. sp." = Cetotherium (Plesiocetopsis) gervaisii Van Beneden and Gervais 1868 whale