Ullujaya (Miocene of Peru)

Where: Peru (14.6° S, 75.6° W: paleocoordinates 15.5° S, 71.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Chilcatay Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Originally Early Miocene

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Lambert, G. Bianucci, and M. Urbina. 2014. Huaridelphis raimondii, a new early Miocene Squalodelphinidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Chilcatay Formation, Peru. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5):987-1004 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 124919: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 29.02.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines1
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines1 Batsch 1788 turtle
large marine turtle
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet.1
Odontoceti indet.1 Flower 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Squalodelphinidae
Squalodelphinidae indet.1, Notocetus vanbenedeni1, Huaridelphis raimondii n. gen. n. sp.
Squalodelphinidae indet.1 Dal Piaz 1917 toothed whale
Notocetus vanbenedeni1 Moreno 1892 toothed whale
Huaridelphis raimondii n. gen. n. sp. Lambert et al. 2014 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Physeteroidea indet.1
Physeteroidea indet.1 Gray 1868 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Diaphorocetus ortegai n. sp.2
Diaphorocetus ortegai n. sp.2 Lambert et al. 2023 sperm whale
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
? Kentriodontidae indet.1, cf. Kentriodon sp.1
? Kentriodontidae indet.1 Slijper 1936 toothed whale
cf. Kentriodon sp.1 Kellogg 1927 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Mysticeti indet.1
Mysticeti indet.1 Cope 1891 whale
1Bianucci et al. 2015; 2Lambert et al. 2023