Chandeleur Islands (Holocene of the United States)
Where: Louisiana (29.8° N, 88.8° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 88.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• This is a modern species.
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts
Primary reference: P. E. Rosel, L. A. Wilcox, T. K. Yamada and K. D. Mullin. 2021. A new species of baleen whale (Balaenoptera) from the Gulf of Mexico, with a review of its geographic distribution. Marine Mammal Science [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 217195: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.01.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Balaenoptera ricei Rosel et al. 2021 Rice's whale |