Hooghly River (Holocene of India)

Where: West Bengal, India (22.7° N, 88.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.7° N, 88.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Primary reference: P. Hershkovitz. 1966. Catalog of Living Whales. United States National Museum Bulletin 246:1-259 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 86876: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Platanistidae
"Delphinus gangetica n. sp." = Platanista gangetica
"Delphinus gangetica n. sp." = Platanista gangetica Leebeck 1801 toothed whale