Exceptional occurrence of fossil baleen in shallow marine sediments of the Neogene Pisco Formation, Southern Peru

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 344-360

  Esperante, Raúl ^a   Brand, Leonard ^b   Nick, Kevin E ^b   Poma, Orlando ^c   Urbina, Mario ^d  

^a Geoscience Research Institute   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA UNIÓN   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Exceptional fossilization; Fossil baleen; Mysticeti; Neogene; Peru; Pisco Formation; Rapid burial

Indexed keywords

BONE; FOSSIL; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALIZATION; NEOGENE; SEAFLOOR; SHALLOW WATER; SKELETAL REMAINS; WHALE;

ICA; ICA VALLEY; PERU; PISCO; SOUTH AMERICA;

CETACEA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 37449000731     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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