Kilmer's Discovery Locality (Miocene of Mexico)

Where: Baja California, Mexico (28.1° N, 115.2° W: paleocoordinates 26.7° N, 111.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: lower Member (Almejas Formation), Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• no lithological description given

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: L. G. Barnes. 1984. Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico. PaleoBios 42:1-46 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45460: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.10.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Albireonidae
Albireo whistleri n. gen. n. sp., Albireo aff. whistleri
Albireo whistleri n. gen. n. sp. Barnes 1984 toothed whale
Albireo aff. whistleri Barnes 1984 toothed whale
originally entered as "Albireo aff. wistleri"
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeterinae indet.
Physeterinae indet. Flower 1867 sperm whale
 Cetacea - Kogiidae
Praekogia cedrosensis
Praekogia cedrosensis Barnes 1973 pygmy sperm whale