Whaling Survey (Holocene of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (37.7° S, 149.4° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° S, 149.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. C. Balcomb and D. E. Claridge. 2001. A mass stranding of cetaceans caused by naval sonar in the Bahamas. Bahamas Journal of Science 8(2):2-12 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 168375: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 20.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver 1937 Shepherd's beaked whale