Also known as Formación Bahía Inglesa
Where: Copiapó, Chile (27.7° S, 71.0° W: paleocoordinates 28.0° S, 68.9° W)
When: Bahía Inglesa Formation, Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone and lithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, coquina
Primary reference: A. Valenzuela-Toro, S. Soto-Acuña, R.E. Yury-Yáñez, C. Hospitaleche, and M.E. Suárez. 2012. Una nueva localidad con vertebrados marinos del Neógeno de la Formación bahía Inglesa salado, Atacama, Norte de Chile. In M. Leppe, J.C. Aravena, R. Villa-Martínez (eds.), Libro de Resúmenes III Simposio-Paleontología en Chile 181-183 [M. Rivadeneira/M. González Tejos/M. González Tejos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 224050: authorized by Marcelo Rivadeneira, entered by Matías González Tejos on 08.01.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Aves | |
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Phalacrocorax sp. Brisson 1760 cormorant | |
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Spheniscidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 penguin
Spheniscus muizoni Gohlich 2007 penguin | |
| Mammalia | |
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Pinnipedia indet. Illiger 1811 pinniped | |
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Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis, Isurus oxyrynchus
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Isurus oxyrynchus mackerel shark | |
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Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859 saw shark | |