Where: Chubut, Argentina (42.7° S, 65.0° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° S, 62.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Puerto Madryn Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• lowermost level of the Puerto Madryn Formation, about 2 m above the unconformable contact with the underlying Gaiman Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; bioturbated, muddy sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. R. Buono and M. A. Cozzuol. 2013. A new beaked whale (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Late Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(4):986-997 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 146855: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Notoziphius bruneti n. gen. n. sp.
Notoziphius bruneti n. gen. n. sp. Buono and Cozzuol 2013 beaked whale |