150 km NE to Kerguelen Islands (Miocene to of French Southern Territories)

Where: French Southern Territories (48.1° S, 72.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° S, 71.0° E)

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When: Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Lambert, C. de Muizon, G. Duhamel and J. Van Plight. 2018. Neogene and Quaternary fossil remains of beaked whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) from deep-sea deposits off Crozet and Kerguelen islands, Southern Ocean. Geodiversitas 40(6):135-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 192396: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.03.2018

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Mesoplodon aff. layardii Gray 1865 strap-toothed whale