Ystad: Holocene, Sweden
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Balaena prisca n. sp.
Nilsson 1847
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1 specimen | ||||||
| synonym of Balaena mysticetus | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Sweden |
| Coordinates: | 55.4° North, 13.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.4° North, 13.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Nilsson (1847) states that the specimen found here is a fossil, but it is probably a subfossil skeleton from the Holocene, perhaps from the Pleistocene. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: sand | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 87147 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-06 08:38:41 | Last modified: | 2009-03-06 10:38:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-03-06 08:38:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29339. | S. Nilsson. 1847. Skandinavisk Fauna 1-656 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |