Pico Sur (Miocene of Chile)

Where: Chile (46.6° S, 72.0° W: paleocoordinates 47.1° S, 67.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• unnamed marine sequence; no age given

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. J. Flynn, M. J. Novacek, H. E. Dodson, D. Frassinetti, M. C. McKenna, M. A. Norell, K. E. Sears, C. C. Swisher, III, and A. R. Wyss. 2002. A new fossil mammal assemblage from the southern Chilean Andes: implications for geology, geochronology, and tectonics. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 15(3):285-302 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 99480: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale