Fossil Marine Mammals

FOSSIL MARINE MAMMALS

Class: MAMMALIA
Order: CETACEA
Various cetacean remains recorded from all the layers of the miocene strata. Most were not specifically identified in the relevant literature, but include the following.

Zeuglodon sp.
status: Fossil remains (teeth) in Miocene globigerina strata (globigerina).

Delphinus sp.
status: Fossil remains in Miocene globigerina, blue clay and upper coralline strata.

order: CARNIVORA
Sub-Order: PINNIPEDIA
Family: PHOCIDAE
Monothererum rugosidens (Owen)
status: Miocene fossil (globigerina, Blue clay).

Phoca scillae Capellini
status: Miocene fossil (globigerina).

order: SIRENIA
Various dugong and manatees remains have been recorded from the miocene strata (globigerina, blue clay, upper coralline). Most were not specifically identified in the relevant literature, but include the following.

Halitherium sp.
status: Miocene fossil (globigerina).

? Halicore sp.
status: Miocene fossil (globigerina).

? Manatus sp. status: Miocene fossil (globigerina)