Strandby (Holocene of Denmark)

Where: Denmark (57.5° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 57.5° N, 10.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Aaris-Sørensen, K. L. Rasmussen, C. Kinze and K. S. Petersen. 2010. Late Pleistocene and Holocene whale remains (Cetacea) from Denmark and adjacent countries: Species, distribution, chronology, and trace element concentrations. Marine Mammal Science 26(2):253-281 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 159716: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 07.08.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Orcinus orca Linnaeus 1758 orca
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758 sperm whale
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758 bowhead whale