Sundarbans Delta (Holocene of Bangladesh)

Where: Bangladesh (22.0° N, 89.5° E: paleocoordinates 22.0° N, 89.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• recent animals, not fossils

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay

Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic

Primary reference: B. D. Smith, G. Braulik, S. Strindberg, B. Ahmed, and R. Mansur. 2006. Abundance of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) and Ganges River dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) estimated using concurrent counts made by independent teams in waterways of the Sundarabans Mangrove Forest in Bangladesh. Marine Mammal Science 22(3):527-547 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 68029: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.12.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Platanistidae
Platanista gangetica Leebeck 1801 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Orcaella brevirostris Gray 1866 Irrawaddy dolphin