Distribution of fossil marine vertebrates in Cerro Colorado, the type locality of the giant raptorial sperm whale Livyatan melvillei (Miocene, Pisco Formation, Peru)

• Main Authors: Bianucci, Giovanni, Celma, Claudio Di, Landini, Walter, Post, Klaas, Tinelli, Chiara, Muizon, Christian De, Gariboldi, Karen, Malinverno, Elisa, Cantalamessa, Gino, Gioncada, Anna, Collareta, Alberto, Rodolfo-Salas Gismondi, Varas-Malca, Rafael, Urbina, Mario, Lambert, Olivier
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
• Subjects: Pharmacology; Evolutionary Biology; FOS Biological sciences; 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Ecology; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Marine Biology; Inorganic Chemistry; FOS Chemical sciences; Pisco; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1425099; https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Distribution_of_fossil_marine_vertebrates_in_Cerro_Colorado_the_type_locality_of_the_giant_raptorial_sperm_whale_i_Livyatan_melvillei_i_Miocene_Pisco_Formation_Peru_/1425099/1

Hundreds of fossil marine vertebrates cropping out at Cerro Colorado (Pisco Basin, Peru) are identified and reported on a 1:6500 scale geological map and in a joined stratigraphic section. All the fossils are from the lower strata of the Pisco Formation, dated in this area to the late middle or earl...