Bleichenbach: Burdigalian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodontidae
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Squalodon zitteli n. sp.
Paquier 1894
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Geography
| Country: | Germany |
| Coordinates: | 48.4° North, 13.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.6° North, 11.4° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Age after Rothausen 1968 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 48663 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-03-25 13:34:26 | Last modified: | 2021-11-02 11:04:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-25 13:34:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6031. | R. Kellogg. 1923. Description of two squalodonts recently discovered in the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland; and notes on the shark-toothed cetaceans. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum 62(16):1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |