The first cetacean from the early Oligocene of the SW German Mainz Basin: a probable cheek tooth of a mysticete (Mammalia: Cetacea)

Despite two centuries of fossils collecting, no cetacean remains from the Oligocene marine deposits of the Mainz Basin (western Germany) have ever been reported. Here, we describe a possible mysticete tooth from the sand pit of Eckelsheim, which exposes high energy deposits belonging to the Rupelian...

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Main Authors: Hampe, Oliver, von der Hocht, Fritz
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Eckelsheim
Rupelian
Alzey Formation
Meeressand
Upper Rhine Graben
Llanocetus
ddc:550
Seymour
Seymour Island
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/43123
https://doi.org/10.17169/refubium-42839
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-023-00676-4

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