Also known as Bahia Nueva
Where: Chubut, Argentina (42.8° S, 65.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° S, 59.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Gaiman Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• age and stratigraphy after Paolucci et al 2019
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; tuffaceous, gray siltstone and tuffaceous, gray sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
Primary reference: F. P. Moreno. 1892. Lijeros apuntes sobre dos generos de cetaceos fosiles de la Republica Argentina. Revista del Museo de La Plata 3:393-400 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 45885: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.12.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale | |
"Paracetus poucheti n. gen. n. sp." = Diaphorocetus poucheti
"Paracetus poucheti n. gen. n. sp." = Diaphorocetus poucheti Moreno 1892 sperm whale | |
cf. Kentriodon sp. Kellogg 1927 toothed whale | |
Notocetus vanbenedeni n. gen. n. sp.
Notocetus vanbenedeni n. gen. n. sp. Moreno 1892 toothed whale |