Rambla Cirera: Early/Lower Pliocene, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Sendra and de Renzi 1999 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Balaenidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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Sendra Saez et al. 1998 | 1 specimen | |||||
| original and current combination Balanadae | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Spain |
| Coordinates: | 37.3° North, 1.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.4° North, 2.2° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cuevas |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | delta front |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 124312 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | B. Shipps | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-02-11 02:28:45 | Last modified: | 2017-02-26 16:55:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-11 02:28:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40072. | J. R. Sendara Saez, M. Stokes, and F. A. Fortea Soler. 1998. Recuperacion de un sirenio parcialmente articulado en el Plioceno inferior del sector norte de la cunca de vera (Almeria). Comunicacion de las Jornadas de Paleontologia XIV:173-176 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 40074 | J. Sendra and M. de Renzi. 1999. A taphonomical study of marine mammals from the Almeria Region, SE Spain. In A. E. Mather and M. Stokes (eds.), BSRG/BGRG SE Spain Field Meeting Guide Book 169-177 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 40073 | J. R. Sendra Saez, M. Stokes, and V. Oltra Mas. 1998. Excavacion de un misticeto (Mammalia, Cetacea) en el Plioceno del sector norte de la Cuenca de Vera (Almeria). Comunicacion de las Jornadas de Paleontologia XIV:177-180 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |