Langebaanweg E quarry B elephant site (Pliocene of South Africa)
Where: South Africa (33.0° S, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° S, 17.7° E)
When: MPPM Member (Varswater Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: R. Govender, M. Bisconti, and A. Chinsamy. 2016. A late Miocene–early Pliocene baleen whale assemblage from Langebaanweg, west coast of South Africa (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Alcheringa [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 179728: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.06.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Mammalia | |
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual |