Whaling Survey (Holocene of Oman)

Where: Oman (18.1° N, 56.4° E: paleocoordinates 18.1° N, 56.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Amano, N. Miyazaki, and K. Kureha. 1992. A morphological comparison of skulls of the finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides from the Indian Ocean, Yangtze River and Japanese waters. Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan 17:59-69 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 168237: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 18.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Neophocaena phocaenoides Cuvier 1829 finless porpoise