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

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenoptera ricei Rosel et al. 2021 Rice's whale