Whaling Survey (Holocene of Peru)

Where: Peru (9.8° S, 78.3° W: paleocoordinates 9.8° S, 78.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Barlow. 2003. Preliminary estimates of the abundance of cetaceans along the U.S. west coast: 1991-2001. Southwest Fisheries Center Administrative Report [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 168361: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 20.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier 1824 Cuvier's beaked whale