Where: Entre Rios, Argentina (31.7° S, 60.6° W: paleocoordinates 31.9° S, 58.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: upper Member (Parana Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• overlying beds are Huayquerian in age (Tortonian to Messinian: 8 to 6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. M. Perez, A. L. Cione, M. Cozzuol and A. N. Varela. 2011. A sperm whale (Cetacea: Physeteroidea) from the Parana Formation (Late Miocene) of Entre Rios, Argentina. Environment and taphonomy. Ameghiniana 48(4):648-654 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 128628: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.06.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
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Physeteroidea indet. Gray 1868 toothed whale | |
| Actinopteri | |
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Ariidae indet. Berg 1958 Ariid catfish | |
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Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817 | |
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Sciaenidae indet. Cuvier 1828 | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
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Holocephali indet. chimaera | |
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Squatinidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 angel shark | |
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Heterodontidae indet. Gray 1851 bullhead shark | |
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Hemigaleidae indet. ground shark | |
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Carcharhinidae indet. Jordan and Evermann 1896 requiem shark | |
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Sphyrnidae indet. Gill 1872 hammerhead shark | |
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Otodontidae indet. mackerel shark | |
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Lamnidae indet. Müller and Henle 1838 mackerel shark | |
"Odontaspidae indet." = Odontaspididae
"Odontaspidae indet." = Odontaspididae Müller and Henle 1839 sand tiger shark | |
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Rajidae indet. Blainville 1816 skate | |
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Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray | |
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Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Nuculanidae indet. Adams and Adams 1858 pointed nut clam | |
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Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam | |
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Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop | |
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Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam | |