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

International audience 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...

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Published in:Journal of Maps
Main Authors: Bianucci, Giovanni, Di Celma, Claudio, Landini, Walter, Post, Klaas, Tinelli, Chiara, de Muizon, Christian, Gariboldi, Karen, Malinverno, Elisa, Cantalamessa, Gino, Gioncada, Anna, Collareta, Alberto, Gismondi, Rodolfo-Salas, Varas-Malca, Rafael, Urbina, Mario, Lambert, Olivier
Other Authors: Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Pisa, University of Pisa - Università di Pisa, Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie - Paris (CR2P), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Università degli Studi di Camerino = University of Camerino (UNICAM), Museo de Historia Natural de Lima (MHN), Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM), Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique = Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (IRSNB / RBINS)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2015
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Online Access:https://hal.science/hal-02612682
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https://hal.science/hal-02612682/file/173-2015%20Bianucci%20et%20al%20%281%29.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2015.1048315