Whaling Survey (Holocene of Chile)

Where: Chile (34.5° S, 71.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° S, 71.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. W. Baird. 1994. Foraging behaviour and ecology of transient killer whales (Orcinus orca). Simon Fraser University [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 168217: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 17.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray 1846 short-finned pilot whale