Son Salord quarry: Tortonian, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Messapicetus cf. longirostris
Bianucci et al. 1992
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Messapicetus cf. longirostris
Bianucci et al. 1992
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Spain | State/province: | Balearic Islands |
| Coordinates: | 40.0° North, 3.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.7° North, 2.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | Foram zone: | N16 |
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 206309 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-11-11 11:06:10 | Last modified: | 2024-03-29 13:54:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-11-11 11:06:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70866. | G. Bianucci, S. Llácer, J. Q. Cardona, A. Collareta, and A. R. Florit. 2019. A new beaked whale record from the upper Miocene of Menorca, Balearic Islands, based on CT-scan analysis of limestone slabs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64(2):291-302 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 87930 | K. Agiadi, N. Hohmann, E. Gliozzi, D. Thivaiou, F. R. Bosellini, M. Taviani, G. Bianucci, A. Collareta, L. Londeix, C. Faranda, F. Bulian, E. Koskeridou, F. Lozar, A. M. Mancini, S. Dominici, P. Moissette, I. B. Campos, E. Borghi, G. Iliopoulos, A. Antonarakou, and G. Kontakiotis. 2024. A revised marine fossil record of the Mediterranean before and after the Messinian Salinity Crisis. Earth System Science Data [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |