Luanda Formation (Miocene of Angola)

Where: Angola (8.3° S, 13.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.6° S, 12.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Luanda Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithology not reported

• transitional enviroments, change over time

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Graf, L. Jacobs, M. Polcyn, O. Mateus, and A. Schulp. 2011. New fossil whales from Angola. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Abstracts:119 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 120143: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
"Neobalaenidae indet." = Neobalaeninae
"Neobalaenidae indet." = Neobalaeninae Miller 1923 pygmy right whale