Zamaca, south: Bartonian, Peru
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Perucetus colossus n. gen., n. sp.
Bianucci et al. 2023
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1 specimen | |||||||||
MUSM 3248 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Peru | State/province: | Ica |
Coordinates: | 14.7° South, 75.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 17.2° South, 67.6° West |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 41.2 - 37.71 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 231077 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2023-08-02 11:49:58 | Last modified: | 2023-08-02 11:49:58 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-08-02 11:49:58 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
85527. | G. Bianucci, O. Lambert, M. Urbina, M. Merella, A. Collareta, R. Bennion, R. Salas-Gismondi, A. Benites-Palomino, K. Post, C. Muizon, G. Bosio, C. Di Celma, E. Malinverno, P. R. Pierantoni, I. M. Villa and E. Amson. 2023. A heavyweight early whale pushes the boundaries of vertebrate morphology. Nature [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |