Cerro Colorado (Pisco, Miocene): Tortonian, Peru

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Carcharinus sp.
Bianucci et al. 2010
Procellaridae indet.
Bianucci et al. 2010
Getotheriidae indet.
Bianucci et al. 2010
gen. et. sp. nov.
Sciaenidae indet.
Bianucci et al. 2016
Osteichthyes indet.
Bianucci et al. 2016
Elansmobranchi indet.
Bianucci et al. 2016
Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriidae
Cetotheriidae indet. (Brandt 1872)
Collareta et al. 2015
Mammalia - Cetacea - Ziphiidae
Messapicetus sp. Bianucci et al. 1992
Lambert et al. 2010 7 specimens
(4 measurements)
    = Messapicetus gregarius n. sp. Bianucci et al. 2010
Bianucci et al. 2010
Mammalia - Cetacea
Physeteroidea indet. Gray 1868
Bianucci et al. 2010
Leviathan melvillei n. gen., n. sp. Lambert et al. 2010
Matsumoto et al. 2007 1 specimen
recombined as Livyatan melvillei
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodontidae indet. Slijper 1936
Bianucci et al. 2010
gen. et. sp. nov.
Mammalia - Cetacea - Pontoporiidae
Pontoporiidae indet. Gray 1870
Bianucci et al. 2010
gen. et. sp. nov.
Brachydelphis mazeasi Muizon 1988
Bianucci et al. 2010
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet. (Gray 1821)
Bianucci et al. 2010
original and current combination Phocadae
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
Bianucci et al. 2010
synonym of Testudines
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Bianucci et al. 2016
Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae
Sula sp. Brisson 1760
Bianucci et al. 2010
Sula brandi n. sp. Stucchi et al. 2016
Stucchi et al. 2016 1 specimen
Sula figueroae n. sp. Stucchi et al. 2016
Stucchi et al. 2016 1 specimen
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax sp. Brisson 1760
Bianucci et al. 2010
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Sardinops sp. Hubbs 1929
Collareta et al. 2015
Sardinops sagax (Jenyns 1842)
Bianucci et al. 2016
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
cf. Thunnus sp. South 1845
Bianucci et al. 2016
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Bianucci et al. 2010
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
cf. Lamnidae indet. Müller and Henle 1838
Bianucci et al. 2016
Cosmopolitodus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
Bianucci et al. 2010
recombined as Carcharodon hastalis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharocles megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
Bianucci et al. 2010
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Also studied in Pimiento and Balk
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinidae indet. Jordan and Evermann 1896
Bianucci et al. 2016
Carcharhinus brachyurus (Gunther 1870)
Bianucci et al. 2010
Carcharhinus aff. macloti (Muller and Henle 1839)
Bianucci et al. 2010
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus (Agassiz 1835)
Bianucci et al. 2010
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna cf. media Springer 1940
Bianucci et al. 2010
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru
Coordinates: 14.3° South, 75.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.7° South, 73.9° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pisco
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: lowest beds of Pisco Formation
Tortonian age based on Lambert et al. 2016 (60319)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal 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:96800
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Kouvari Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-07-01 06:44:09 Last modified:2020-09-16 06:31:47
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-01 06:44:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33022. O. Lambert, G. Bianucci, K. Post, C. Muizon, R. Salas-Gismondi, M. Urbina, and J. Reumer. 2010. The giant bite of a new raptorial sperm whale from the Miocene epoch of Peru. Nature 466:105-108 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

73187 G. Bianucci, C. Doi Celma, W. Landini, K. Post, C. Tinelli, C. Muizon, K. Gariboldi, E. Malinverno, G. Cantalamessa, A. Gioncada, A. Collareta, R. Salas-Gismondi, R. M. Varas-Malca, M. Urbina, and O. Lambert. 2016. Distribution of fossil marine vertebrates in Cerro Colorado, the type locality of the giant raptorial sperm whale Livyatan melvillei (Miocene, Pisco Formation, Peru). Journal of Maps 12(3):543-557 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/O. Alfaro]
37592 G. Bianucci, O. Lambert, and K. Post. 2010. High concentration of long-snouted beaked whales (Genus Messapicetus) from the Miocene of Peru. Palaeontology 53(5):1077-1098 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
58965 A. Collareta, W. Landini, O. Lambert, K. Post, C. Tinelli, C. Di Celma, D. Panetta, M. Tripodi, P. A. Salvadori, D. Caramella, D. Marchi, M. Urbina, and G. Bianucci. 2015. Piscivory in a Miocene Cetotheriidae of Peru: first record of fossilized stomach content for an extinct baleen-bearing whale. The Science of Nature 102(70) [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
37752 O. Lambert, G. Bianucci, and K. Post. 2010. Tusk-bearing beaked whales from the Miocene of Peru: sexual dimorphism in fossil ziphiids?. Journal of Mammalogy 91(1):19-26 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
37792 R. Matsumoto, S. E. Evans, and M. Manabe. 2007. The choristoderan reptile Monjurosuchus from the Early Cretaceous of Japan. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(2):329-350 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
49081 C. Pimiento and M. Balk. 2015. The extinct giant shark Carcharocles megalodon: A model for understanding deep-time body size trends of marine apex predators. [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento/C. Pimiento]
59281 M. Stucchi, R. M. Varas-Malca, and M. Urbina-Schmitt. 2016. New Miocene sulid birds from Peru and considerations on their Neogene fossil record in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(2):417-427 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]