Port of Toledo Building (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Oregon (44.6° N, 123.9° W: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 113.1° W)

When: Alsea Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Early Rupelian

Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. M. Peredo, N. D. Pyenson, C. D. Marshall and M. D. Uhen. 2018. Tooth loss precedes the origin of baleen in whales. Current Biology 28:1-9 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 193002: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 01.05.2018, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Maiabalaena nesbittae n. gen. n. sp.
Maiabalaena nesbittae n. gen. n. sp. Peredo et al. 2018 whale
USNM 314627