A high resolution stratigraphic framework for the remarkable fossil cetacean assemblage of the Miocene/Pliocene Pisco Formation, Peru

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 414-425

  Brand, Leonard ^a   Urbina, Mario ^b   Chadwick, Arthur ^c   DeVries, Thomas J ^d   Esperante, Raul ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c Southwestern Adventist University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Geoscience Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Miocene; Peru; Pisco; Pliocene; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CETACEAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GPS; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE;

PERU;

CETACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955115600     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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