TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS OF AN ARTICULATED BALEEN WHALE (CETACEA; MYSTICETI) FROM UPPER MIOCENE INNER SHELF DEPOSITS OF PENÍNSULA VALDÉS, PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA

Fieldwork at Península Valdés (Chubut, Argentina) in the Puerto Madryn Formation (Late Miocene) resulted in the discovery of a well-preserved, almost fully articulated, baleen whale (Cetacea, Mysticeti). This specimen, one of the most complete balaenid skeletons known from the Neogene of Argentina a...

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Published in:Palaios
Main Authors: Nicolás Daniel Farroni, José Ignacio Cuitiño, Darío Gustavo Lazo, Mónica Romina Buono
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Society for Sedimentary Geology 2024
Subjects:
Patagonia
Argentina
Chubut
baleen whale
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2022.039

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