List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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aff. Ziphirostrum sp.
Du Bus 1868
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Tusciziphius atlanticus
Bianucci et al. 2013
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Choneziphius leidyi n. sp.
Bianucci et al. 2013
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Beneziphius cetariensis n. sp.
Miján et al. 2017
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Miján et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 44.2° North, 8.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.2° North, 9.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Altitude: | -500 meters |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | phosphorite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 141838 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-02 01:26:31 | Last modified: | 2016-06-21 16:20:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-02 01:26:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46079. | G. Bianucci, I. Miján, and O. Lambert. 2013. Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula. Geodiversitas 35(1):105-153 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 61254 | I. Miján, S. Louwye, and O. Lambert. 2017. A new Beneziphius beaked whale from the ocean floor off Galicia, Spain and biostratigraphic reassessment of the type species. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(1):2111-220 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |