El Cien (Oligocene of Mexico)
Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (24.3° N, 111.0° W: paleocoordinates 23.1° N, 102.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: El Cien Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; phosphatic sandstone
• tropical, near rainforest; high terrigenous influx, short-term coastal regression
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. G. Barnes. 1998. The sequence of fossil marine mammal assemblages in Mexico. Avances en investigacion 1 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 57776: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.12.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale | |
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