San Hilario (Oligocene of Mexico)

Also known as Ten Muinute Locality, 118IGM

Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (24.4° N, 111.0° W: paleocoordinates 23.2° N, 102.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: San Hilario Member (El Cien Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; phosphorite

• tropical, near rainforest; high terrigenous influx, short-term coastal regression

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate, replaced with phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

Primary reference: S. P. Applegate. 1986. The El Cien Formation, Strata of Oligocene and early Miocene age in Baja California Sur. Revista 6(2):145-162 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66426: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.10.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea -
aff. Mauicetus sp.
aff. Mauicetus sp. Benham 1939 whale
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodontidae indet.
Squalodontidae indet. Brandt 1873 toothed whale