Kovacsszenaja: Serravallian, Hungary
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Kentriodontidae
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Mediocris commenticius n. gen., n. sp.
Kazár 2005
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8 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Sophianacetus commenticius | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Hungary |
| Coordinates: | 46.2° North, 18.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.7° North, 17.7° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Serravallian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kozard | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower Sarmatian (late middle Miocene) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination calcareous marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: finely laminated calcareous marl | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 58914 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-28 16:56:29 | Last modified: | 2008-08-19 10:25:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-28 16:56:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16675. | E. Kazár. 2005. A new kentriodontid (Cetacea: Delphinoidea) from the Middle Miocene of Hungary. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkende in Berlin - Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 8:53-73 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 24600 | D. Grigorescu and E. Kazár. 2006. A new Middle Miocene odontocete (Mammalia: Cetacea) locality and the Sarmatian Marine Mammal Event in the Central Paratethys. Oryctos 6:53-67 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 17994 | E. Kazár. 2006. Sophianacetus, a replacement name for Mediocris (Cetacea: Delphinoidea: Kentriodontidae). Fossil Record 9(2):206 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |