Archaeocete Valley, Otuma, AV-10: Priabonian, Peru
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Geography
| Country: | Peru |
| Coordinates: | 14.6° South, 75.6° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.6° South, 65.6° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Otuma |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 73779 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-06-28 14:51:36 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2012-06-28 14:51:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38456. | M. D. Uhen. 2011. A new protocetid whale from the middle Eocene of Mississippi. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Program and Abstracts 207 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |