Townsville (Holocene of Australia)

Where: Queensland, Australia (19.3° S, 146.8° E: paleocoordinates 19.3° S, 146.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. Beasley, K. M. Robertson, and P. Arnold. 2005. Description of a new dolphin, the australian snubfin dolphin Orcaella heinsohni sp. n. (Cetacea, Delphinidae). Marine Mammal Science 21(3):365-400 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 108319: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Orcaella heinsohni Beasley et al. 2005 dolphin