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English: Odontocentes. Odontocete specimens from various localities and horizons of the Pisco Formation, displaying different degrees of articulation and completeness, and diverse preservational features. A, B) Field photograph (A) and explanatory line drawing (B) of HLZ1, skeleton of a Phocoenidae indet. from P2 diatomaceous silts exposed at Cerro Hueco la Zorra, preserved in lateral disposition, exhibiting high degrees of articulation and completeness (4,4). C, D, E) Field photographs (C, E) and explanatory line drawing (D) of CLQO6, skeleton of a Phocoenidae indet. from P2 diatomites exposed at Cerro Los Quesos East, preserved in dorsal disposition, exhibiting a very low degree of articulation and a moderately high degree of completeness (0,3). Note the disposition of the lumbar vertebrae, having their neural spines and transverse processes parallel to the bedding plane (E). F, G) Field photograph (F) and explanatory line drawing (G) of CCO37, skeleton of Messapicetus gregarius from P1 diatomites exposed at Cerro Colorado, preserved in lateral disposition, exhibiting moderate degrees of articulation and completeness (2,2). H, I) Field photograph (H) and explanatory line drawing (I) of CCO7, skeleton of cf. Kentriodontidae indet. from P1 sands exposed at Cerro Colorado, preserved in dorsal disposition, exhibiting high degrees of articulation and completeness (4,4). Panel H after Bianucci et al. [18].