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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Iniidae
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Kwanzacetus khoisani n. gen., n. sp.
Lambert et al. 2018
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Angola |
| Coordinates: | 9.4° South, 13.2° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.6° South, 12.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: The holotype was discovered about 10 m above the basal erosional unconformity of an unnamed lithological unit |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: ine to medium-grained beige sand, partly indurated and intensely burrowed by Ophiomorpha, which constitutes the lower part of a local transgressive sequence | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 196403 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-09-12 09:11:00 | Last modified: | 2018-09-12 09:11:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-09-12 09:11:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32197. | O. Lambert, C. Auclair, C. Cauxeiro, M. Lopez, and S. Adnet. 2018. A close relative of the Amazon river dolphin in marine deposits: a new Iniidae from the late Miocene of Angola. PeerJ 6(e5556):1-33 [M. Uhen/O. Gjata/M. Uhen] |