Cerro Colorado (Pisco, Tortonian): Tortonian, Peru
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Incatella hupei
Nielsen in DeVries 2007
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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Chimuziphius coloradensis n. gen., n. sp.
Bianucci et al. 2016
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Bianucci et al. 2016 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Pontoporiidae
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Brachydelphis sp.
Muizon 1988
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Pacifichelys urbinai n. gen., n. sp.
Parham and Pyenson 2010
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12 specimens | ||||||
Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Sulidae
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Sulidae indet.
Reichenbach 1849
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Peru |
Coordinates: | 14.3° South, 75.9° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 14.7° South, 73.8° West |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Pisco | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: lower |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine 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: | 95373 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-04-14 11:04:55 | Last modified: | 2020-09-16 06:31:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-04-14 11:04:55 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
32455. | J. F. Parham and N. D. Pyenson. 2010. New sea turtle from the Miocene of Peru and iterative evolution of feeding ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):231-247 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
60408 | G. Bianucci, C. Di Celma, M. Urbina and O. Lambert. 2016. New beaked whales from the late Miocene of Peru and evidence for convergent evolution in stem and crown Ziphiidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti). PeerJ 4:e2479 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
73187 | G. Bianucci, C. Doi Celma, W. Landini, K. Post, C. Tinelli, C. Muizon, K. Gariboldi, E. Malinverno, G. Cantalamessa, A. Gioncada, A. Collareta, R. Salas-Gismondi, R. M. Varas-Malca, M. Urbina, and O. Lambert. 2016. Distribution of fossil marine vertebrates in Cerro Colorado, the type locality of the giant raptorial sperm whale Livyatan melvillei (Miocene, Pisco Formation, Peru). Journal of Maps 12(3):543-557 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/O. Alfaro] |