Saunders Beach: Holocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Sousa sahulensis n. sp.
Jefferson and Rosenbaum 2014
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Australia | State/province: | Queensland |
Coordinates: | 19.2° South, 146.6° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 19.2° South, 146.6° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: modern specimen |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float) |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: modern specimen |
Metadata
Database number: | 159699 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2014-08-06 16:15:53 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-08-06 16:15:53 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
52162. | T. A. Jefferson and H. C. Rosenbaum. 2014. Taxonomic revision of the humpback dolphins (Sousa spp.), and description of a new species from Australia. Marine Mammal Science 30(4):1494-1541 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |