Archaeocete Valley, Paracas, AV-19 (Eocene of Peru)

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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 90022: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.06.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Ocucajea picklingi n. gen. n. sp.
Ocucajea picklingi n. gen. n. sp. Uhen et al. 2011 whale