Where: Peru (13.9° S, 76.2° W: paleocoordinates 16.3° S, 68.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Otuma Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: R. Marocco and C. d.e. Muizon. 1988. Los vertebrados del Neogeno de La Costa Sur del Perú: Ambiente sedimentario y condiciones de fosilización. Bulletin de l'Institut Frances d'Etudes Andines 17(2):105-117 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 63838: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish | |
Mammalia | |
Cynthiacetus peruvianus n. sp.
Cynthiacetus peruvianus n. sp. Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon 2011 whale |