Pisco Formation
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The Pisco Formation is a geologic formation located in Peru, on the southern coastal desert of Ica and Arequipa. The approximately 640 metres thick formation was deposited in the Pisco Basin, spanning
Lithology and sediments of the Pisco Formation across its allomembers
Diplochaetetes mexicanus
Southern eagle ray
Pelagornis chilensis EF
Thalassocnus
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Thalassocnus is an extinct genus of semiaquatic ground sloths from the Miocene and Pliocene of the Pacific South American coast. It is monotypic within the subfamily Thalassocninae. The five species—T
Pisco Formation
…exceptionally preserved marine fossils, including sharks (most notably megalodon), birds including penguins, whales and dolphins, marine crocodiles, and Thalassocnus, a marine giant sloths. Other famous fossils from this site include the giant raptorial sperm whale Livyatan, the sperm whale relative Acrophyseter…
Thalassocnus
T. natans fossil in Museum of Natural History, Lima
Life restoration of T. natans in its hypothetical swimming pose without fur
Partial T. cf. natans humerus