Archaeocete Valley, Paracas, AV-19: Bartonian, Peru

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Ocucajea picklingi n. gen., n. sp. Uhen et al. 2011
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru State/province:Ica
Coordinates: 14.7° South, 75.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.2° South, 67.6° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Bartonian
Age range of interval:41.30000 - 38.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Paracas
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:90022
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-06-29 07:36:44 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:the public Released:2009-06-29 07:36:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

36484. 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]