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Skee, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 58.8969,11.2706 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Bohuslan, Sweden |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Västra Götaland County, Sweden |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Skee | Anderung C., Danise S., et al (2014) | The date places the whale almost in the middle of the deglaciation period between the last glacial maximum (ca. 22,000 BP) and the 4/Holocene transition at about 11,700BP. | claystone | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Balaena mysticetus species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Balaenidae : Balaena : Balaena mysticetus | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Astarte elliptica species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Astarte : Astarte elliptica | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hiatellida : Hiatellidae : Hiatella : Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Modiolus sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Modiolus | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Chlamys : Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Mya (Mya) truncata species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Myidae : Mya : Mya (Mya) truncata | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Lepeta caeca species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetidae : Lepeta : Lepeta caeca | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!