Oxytropidoceras Posted December 1, 2019 Posted December 1, 2019 Bianucci, G., Llàcer, S., Cardona, J.Q., Collareta, A. and Florit, A.R., 2019. A new beaked whale record from the upper Miocene of Menorca, Balearic Islands, based on CT-scan analysis of limestone slabs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 64(2), pp.291-302. http://webaccess.igipz.pan.pl/archive/published/app64/app005932019.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7247/52c31e2013100da8d07eb1aaa4214f92f14b.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332589581_A_new_beaked_whale_record_from_the_late_Miocene_of_Menorca_Balearic_Islands_based_on_CT-scan_analysis_of_limestone_slabs Many more papers about fossil whales at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alberto_Collareta Yours, Paul H. 3
Shamalama Posted December 2, 2019 Posted December 2, 2019 Wasn't there another instance of a whale skull being found in limestone slabs? Egypt perhaps? -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/
Misha Posted December 3, 2019 Posted December 3, 2019 22 hours ago, Shamalama said: Wasn't there another instance of a whale skull being found in limestone slabs? Egypt perhaps? This one? https://m.phys.org/news/2011-11-whale-fossils-clues-transition.html
Shamalama Posted December 4, 2019 Posted December 4, 2019 Yup, that is it! -Dave __________________________________________________ Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPheeIf I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPheeCheck out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/
siteseer Posted December 9, 2019 Posted December 9, 2019 Fossil beaked whale remains are especially rare. Finds of modern specimens are also rare because they live (and apparently have always lived) in the open ocean not often coming close to shore.
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