Quebrada Rio Copiapo (Miocene of Chile)

Where: Chile (27.3° S, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 68.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bahía Inglesa Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

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 100172: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
cf. Pelagornis sp. Lartet 1857 bird