Tourinan Cape, near (Miocene to of Spain)
Where: Spain (42.8° N, 9.7° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 10.1° W)
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When: Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; phosphorite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 141842: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Mammalia | |
Globicetus hiberus Bianucci et al. 2013 beaked whale |