Mina “Las Crucecitas” (Oligocene of Mexico)

Where: Baja California Sur, Mexico (24.4° N, 110.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 27.8° N, 98.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: El Cien Formation, Chattian (27.3 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. E. Hernández Cisneros, G. González Barba, and R. E. Fordyce. 2017. Oligocene cetaceans from Baja California Sur, Mexico. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 69(1):149-173 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 185159: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.04.2017

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Aetiocetidae
? Chonecetus sp. Russell 1968 whale
MHN-UABCS EcSj9/08/36