Name
Ocucajea (named after the town of Ocucaje near where the first fossils were found).
Phonetic
Ocuc-aj-je-ah.
Named By
Mark D. Uhen, Nicholas D. Pyenson, Thomas J. Devries, Mario Urbina & Paul R. Renne - 2011.
Classification
Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea, Basilosauridae.
Diet
Carnivore/Piscivore.
Species
O. picklingi
Size
Unavailable.
Known locations
Peru - Paracas Formation.
Time Period
Bartonian of the Eocene.
Fossil representation
Partial remains.
Ocucajea is a genus of basilosaurid whale that lived in the waters around South America during the Eocene.
- New Middle Eocene Whales from the Pisco Basin of Peru. - Journal of Paleontology 85 (5): 955–69. - Mark D. Uhen, Nicholas D. Pyenson, Thomas J. Devries, Mario Urbina & Paul R. Renne - 2011.
