Bahia Blanca (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (38.7° S, 62.3° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° S, 62.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pampeana Formation, Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Primary reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Caracteres diagnosticos de cincuenta especies nuevas de mamiferos fosiles argentinos. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1(3):129-167 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52048: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.07.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Balaena pampaea n. sp. Ameghino 1891 bowhead whale
[entered as Balaena pampea]
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Notiocetus romerianus n. gen. n. sp.
Notiocetus romerianus n. gen. n. sp. Ameghino 1891 rorqual