Esbjerg (Miocene of Denmark)
Where: Denmark (55.5° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 55.7° N, 7.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gram Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• late Miocene
Environment/lithology: coastal; silty, sandy claystone
• shallow-water marine deposti of silty to upward more sandy micaceous clays
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: N. D. Pyenson and E. Hoch. 2007. Tortonian pontoporiid odontocetes from the eastern North Seas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):757-762 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 75061: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Pontoporiidae indet. Gray 1870 toothed whale
cf. Pontistes sp. Burmeister 1885 toothed whale |