Esbjerg: Tortonian, Denmark
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Pontoporiidae
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Pontoporiidae indet.
Gray 1870
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1 specimen | ||||||
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cf. Pontistes sp.
Burmeister 1885
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Denmark |
| Coordinates: | 55.5° North, 8.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.7° North, 7.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gram | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: late Miocene |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty,sandy claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: shallow-water marine deposti of silty to upward more sandy micaceous clays | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 75061 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-18 08:30:04 | Last modified: | 2008-08-19 10:20:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-09-18 08:30:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25326. | N. D. Pyenson and E. Hoch. 2007. Tortonian pontoporiid odontocetes from the eastern North Seas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):757-762 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |