Porto Velho (Pleistocene of Brazil)

Where: Rondonia, Brazil (8.8° S, 63.9° W: paleocoordinates 8.8° S, 63.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Rio Madeira Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• radiocarbon date of 45,000 years

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. A. Cozzuol. 2010. Fossil record and the evolutionary history of Iniodea. In M. Ruiz-Garcia, J. Shotsell (eds.), Biology, Evolution, and Conservation of River Dolphins within South America and Asia 193-217 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 123975: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Iniidae
Inia sp. d'Orbigny 1834 toothed whale
new species