Port of Toledo Building: Rupelian, Oregon
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Maiabalaena nesbittae n. gen., n. sp.
Peredo et al. 2018
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 314627 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Oregon |
| Coordinates: | 44.6° North, 123.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.3° North, 113.1° West |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Alsea | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Early Rupelian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 193002 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | C. Peredo, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | C. Peredo | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-05-01 09:35:52 | Last modified: | 2018-12-03 15:16:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-05-01 09:35:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65619. | C. M. Peredo, N. D. Pyenson, C. D. Marshall and M. D. Uhen. 2018. Tooth loss precedes the origin of baleen in whales. Current Biology 28:1-9 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo/M. Uhen] |