Isla Guadalupe (Holocene of Mexico)
Where: Baja California, Mexico (28.9° N, 118.2° W: paleocoordinates 28.9° N, 118.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J.-P. Gallo-Reynoso and A.-L. Figueroa-Carranza. 1995. Occurrence of bottlenose whales in the waters of Isla Guadalupe, Mexico. Marine Mammal Science 11(4):573-575 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 201786: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.05.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850 beaked whale
Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier 1824 Cuvier's beaked whale
Berardius bairdii Stejneger 1883 beaked whale | |
"Physeter catodon" = Physeter macrocephalus
"Physeter catodon" = Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 1758 sperm whale | |
Kogia sp. Gray 1846 pygmy sperm whale | |
Orcinus orca Linnaeus 1758 orca
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray 1846 short-finned pilot whale
Grampus griseus Cuvier 1812 Risso's dolphin
Tursiops truncatus Gray 1866 common bottlenose dolphin
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758 short-beaked common dolphin | |
Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus 1758 fin whale
Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus 1758 blue whale |