Where: Ica, Peru (14.7° S, 75.6° W: paleocoordinates 17.2° S, 67.6° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Paracas Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: M. D. Uhen, N. D. Pyenson, T. J. DeVries, M. Urbina, and P. R. Renne. 2011. New middle Eocene whales from the Pisco Basin of Peru. Journal of Paleontology 85(5):955-969 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 73780: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Pachycetus paulsoni whale |