Carmen de Patagones (Pliocene of Argentina)

Where: Patagonia, Argentina (40.8° S, 63.0° W: paleocoordinates 40.9° S, 61.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: A. Cabrera. 1926. Cetaceos fossiles del Museo de La Plata. Revista del Museo de La Plata 29:363-411 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47307: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.02.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Plesiocetus notopelagicus n. sp. Cabrera 1926 whale