El Cardonal: Tortonian - Messinian, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
aff. Incakujira sp. Marx and Kohno 2016
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Baja California
Coordinates: 23.8° North, 109.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.5° North, 107.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian - Messinian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Trinidad
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Los Barrilles
Database number:229862
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:P. Holroyd Research group:vertebrate
Created:2023-04-05 16:01:31 Last modified:2023-11-04 23:06:21
Access level:the public Released:2023-04-05 16:01:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

5947. A. Solis-Añorve, G. Gonzáles-Barba, and T. Schwennicke. 2023. Primer registro de un balenoptérido de la Cuenca Los Barriles, Mioceno tardío B.C.S., México. Palaeontología Mexicana 12(1):19-32 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]