H Street Extension: Piacenzian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Cetotheriidae
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Herpetocetus morrowi
El Adli et al. 2014
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El Adli et al. 2014 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenopteridae
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Balaenoptera davidsonii
(Cope 1872)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Diego |
| Coordinates: | 32.6° North, 117.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.5° North, 116.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
| Geology comments: shoreface to middle shelf | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Balboa Park, Cabrillo Canyon, 11th Avenue, SDNHM 3397 | ||
| Database number: | 55701 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-11-03 06:41:20 | Last modified: | 2017-02-26 16:15:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-03 06:41:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15042. | T. A. Deméré. 1986. The fossil whale, Balaenoptera davidsonii (Cope 1872), with a review of other Neogene species of Balaenoptera (Cetacea: Mysticeti). Marine Mammal Science 2(4):277-298 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 15521 | T. A. Deméré, A. Berta, and M. R. McGowen. 2005. The taxonomic and evolutionary history of modern balaenopteroid mysticetes. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 12(1/2):99-143 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 49971 | J. J. El Adli, T. A. Deméré, and R. W. Boessenecker. 2014. Herpetocetus morrowi (Cetacea: Mysticeti), a new species of diminutive baleen whale from the Upper Pliocene (Piacenzian) of California, USA, with observations on the evolution and relationships of the Cetotheriidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170:400-466 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |