Also known as Weaver 1916, 33; Old Locality 182
Where: Washington (46.8° N, 123.1° W: paleocoordinates 46.5° N, 114.6° W)
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When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. M. Peredo and N. D. Pyenson. 2018. Salishicetus meadi, a new aetiocetid from the late Oligocene of Washington State and implications for feeding transitions in early mysticete evolution. Royal Society Open Science 5(4):172336 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo/C. Peredo]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 185376: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 20.04.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Salishicetus meadi n. gen. n. sp.
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