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: Giovanni Bianucci, Claudio Di Celma, Walter Landini, Klaas Post, Chiara Tinelli, Christian de Muizon, Karen Gariboldi, Elisa Malinverno, Gino Cantalamessa, Anna Gioncada, Alberto Collareta, Rodolfo-Salas Gismondi, Rafael Varas-Malca, Mario Urbina, Olivier Lambert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Pisco; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/17445647.2015.1048315

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...