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 | |
Physeteroidea indet. Gray 1868 toothed whale | |
Actinopteri | |
Sciaenidae indet. Cuvier 1828 | |
Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817 | |
Ariidae indet. Berg 1958 Ariid catfish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Holocephali indet. chimaera | |
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray | |
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray | |
Rajidae indet. Blainville 1816 skate | |
Heterodontidae indet. Gray 1851 bullhead shark | |
Squatinidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 angel shark | |
"Odontaspidae indet." = Odontaspididae
"Odontaspidae indet." = Odontaspididae Müller and Henle 1839 sand tiger shark | |
Otodontidae indet. mackerel shark | |
Lamnidae indet. Müller and Henle 1838 mackerel shark | |
Sphyrnidae indet. Gill 1872 hammerhead shark | |
Carcharhinidae indet. Jordan and Evermann 1896 requiem shark | |
Hemigaleidae indet. ground shark | |
Bivalvia | |
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop | |
Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam | |
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam | |
Nuculanidae indet. Adams and Adams 1858 pointed nut clam |