Paracas Bay: Priabonian, Peru
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Archaeoceti indet.
Flower 1883
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1 specimen | ||||||
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= cf. Cynthiacetus sp.
Uhen 2005
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Muizon 2008 | ||||||
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= Cynthiacetus peruvianus n. sp.
Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon 2011
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Martinez-Cáceres and Muizon 2011 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Geography
| Country: | Peru |
| Coordinates: | 13.9° South, 76.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.3° South, 68.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Otuma |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: fine sediment | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 63838 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-22 07:05:20 | Last modified: | 2020-09-15 13:00:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-22 07:05:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12182. | R. Marocco and C. d.e. Muizon. 1988. Los vertebrados del Neogeno de La Costa Sur del Perú: Ambiente sedimentario y condiciones de fosilización. Bulletin de l'Institut Frances d'Etudes Andines 17(2):105-117 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 36185 | M. Martinez-Cáceres and C. Muizon. 2011. A new basilosaurid (Cetacea, Pelagiceti) from the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene Otuma Formation of Peru. Comptes Rendus Palevol 10:517-526 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 28292 | C. Muizon. 2008. L'origine et l'histoire évolutive des Cétacés. Comptes Rendus Palevol 417:1-15 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |