Whaling Survey (Holocene of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (47.8° S, 65.8° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° S, 65.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. C. Balcomb and D. E. Claridge. 2001. A mass stranding of cetaceans caused by naval sonar in the Bahamas. Bahamas Journal of Science 8(2):2-12 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 168565: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 26.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Hyperoodon planifrons Flower 1882 southern bottlenose whale