Also known as Loma Blanca
Where: Chubut, Argentina (43.3° S, 65.4° W: paleocoordinates 43.9° S, 59.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Gaiman Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• lower part of the Gaiman Formation (Marx & Fordyce, 2015)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; tuffaceous, gray siltstone and tuffaceous, gray sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
Primary reference: A. L. Cione and M. A. Cozzuol. 1990. Reidentification of Portheus patagonicus Ameghino, 1901, a supposed fish from the Middle Tertiary of Patagonia as a delphinoid cetacean. Journal of Paleontology 64(3):451-453 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45886: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.12.2004, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Argyrocetus patagonicus n. gen. n. sp.5 Lydekker 1894 toothed whale It is not clear which locality this specimen comes from.
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"Physodon patagonicus n. sp." = Idiorophus patagonicus5
"Physodon patagonicus n. sp." = Idiorophus patagonicus5 Lydekker 1894 sperm whale It is not clear which locality this specimen comes from.
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"Eurhinodelphidae indet." = Eurhinodelphinidae2
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cf. Kentriodon sp. Kellogg 1927 toothed whale | |
Aondelphis talen n. gen. n. sp.6
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