Sahlgrenska Sjukhuset: Late Pleistocene, Sweden
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Monodontidae
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Delphinapterus leucas
(Pallas 1776)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Balaenidae
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Balaena myusticetus
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Geography
| Country: | Sweden |
| Coordinates: | 57.7° North, 12.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 57.7° North, 12.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 12580 ± 90 YBP (14C)15020 to 14580 YBP (14C (calibrated)) |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 96123 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen, C. Peredo |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-05-18 10:37:44 | Last modified: | 2017-06-27 10:10:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-05-18 10:37:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32630. | K. Aaris-Sørensen, K. L. Rasmussen, C. Kinze and K. S. Petersen. 2010. Late Pleistocene and Holocene whale remains (Cetacea) from Denmark and adjacent countries: Species, distribution, chronology, and trace element concentrations. Marine Mammal Science 26(2):253-281 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |