Saint-Joseph, Ouvea (Holocene of French Polynesia)

Where: Loyalty Islands, French Polynesia (20.4° S, 166.3° E: paleocoordinates 20.4° S, 166.3° E)

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When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Primary reference: P. Borsa. 2006. Marine mammal strandings in the New Caledonia region, Southwest Pacific. Comptes Rendus Biologies 329(4):277-288 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 83473: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray 1846 short-finned pilot whale