Preliminary investigations on the remarkable early Miocene marine vertebrate assemblage of Ullujaya (Chilcatay Formation, Pisco Basin, Peru)

• Main Authors: COLLARETA, ALBERTO, Bosio, Giulia, Celma, Claudio Di, GARIBOLDI, KAREN, GIONCADA, ANNA, Lambert, Olivier, LANDINI, WALTER, Malinverno, Elisa, Muizon, Christian de, Varas Malca, Rafael, Urbina, Mario, BIANUCCI, GIOVANNI
• Other Authors: Collareta, Alberto, Gariboldi, Karen, Gioncada, Anna, Landini, Walter, Bianucci, Giovanni
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Società Paleontologica Italiana 2017
• Subjects: Marine vertebrates; Cetacea; Elasmobranchia; Miocene; Peru; taphonomy; stratigraphy; Pisco; toothed whales
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/857139

Deep and worldwide climatic and oceanographic changes occurred between the late Oligocene and the early Miocene (c. 28-16 Ma), involving the redistribution and partition of food resources in marine ecosystems and a consequent global increase in diversity and disparity of marine vertebrates. Despite...