La Plata (Holocene of Argentina)

Also known as LP54, LP46, LP47

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (34.9° S, 57.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° S, 58.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Las Escobas Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithology not reported

• shoreface, longshore bar deposited in a brackish, unstable, wave-dominated coast, regressive, shallow shelf

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Fidalgo, A. J. Figini, G. J. Gomez, J. E. Carbonari, and R. A. Huarte. 1981. Dataciones radiocarbonicas en las formaciones Las Escobas y Destacamento Rio Saldo, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Congreso Geologico ARgentino 8:43-56 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 54134: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.09.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
Eubalaena sp. Gray 1864 right whale