Luble: Tortonian, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Palmidophoca chrysaor n. sp. (Ginsburg and Janvier 1999)
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Palmidophoca
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 47.5° North, 0.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.7° North, 0.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian Zone: MN9
Age range of interval:11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: middle Sarmatian = Astaracian
age after Ginsburg and Janvier 1999
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:60277
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-05-08 10:16:46 Last modified:2015-06-11 09:09:38
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-08 10:16:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

55481. L. Ginsburg and P. Janvier. 1999. Les phoques (Phocidae, Pinnipedia, Carnivora, Mammalia) des faluns Miocenes de L'Anjou. Bulletin de la Societe des Sciences naturelles de l'Ouest de la France, Nouvelle serie 21(4):169-178 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

17253 I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]