Archaeocete Valley, Paracas, AV-19: Bartonian, Peru
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Ocucajea picklingi n. gen., n. sp.
Uhen et al. 2011
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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Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||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] |