Los Dedos, Miocene (Miocene of Chile)

Where: Chile (27.2° S, 70.9° W: paleocoordinates 27.4° S, 69.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bahía Inglesa Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone and mudstone

• coquina sandstone and mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Chavez, M. Stucchi, and M. Urbina. 2007. El registro de Pelagornithidae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) y la avifauna neogena del Pacifico sudeste. Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Etudes Andines 36(2):175-197 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 100171: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Procellariiformes - Diomedeidae
aff. Thalassarche sp.2
aff. Thalassarche sp.2 Reichenback 1853 albatross
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinini indet.2
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Spheniscus urbinai2, Spheniscus megaramphus2, Pygoscelis calderensis n. sp.1
Spheniscus urbinai2 Stucchi 2002 penguin
Spheniscus megaramphus2 Stucchi et al. 2003 penguin
Pygoscelis calderensis n. sp.1 Acosta Hospitaleche et al. 2006 penguin
 Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornis sp., cf. Pelagornis sp.
Pelagornis sp. Lartet 1857 bird
cf. Pelagornis sp. Lartet 1857 bird
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Monachinae indet.3, Acrophoca sp.3, Acrophoca longirostris3, cf. Hadrokirus martini3
Monachinae indet.3 Trouessart 1897 seal
sp. I, SGO.PV 1049a-b; sp. II SGO.PV 21602; sp. III SGO.PV 22108; sp. IV SGO.PV 21601;
Acrophoca sp.3 Muizon 1981 seal
Acrophoca longirostris3 Muizon 1981 seal
cf. Hadrokirus martini3 Amson and Muizon 2013 seal
1Acosta Hospitaleche et al. 2006; 2Chavez-Hoffmeister 2005; 3Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2024