Bahia Salado (Miocene to of Chile)

Where: Chile (27.6° S, 71.0° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° S, 67.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Suarez and J. M. Brito. 2000. Una nueva localidad con vertebrados fossiles del Terciario de Bahia Salado, Chile. Ameghiniana 37(4):34 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 102183: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
unclassified
  -
Hexacanthiformes indet.
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet., Mysticeti indet.
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891 whale
 Carnivora - Pinnipedia
Pinnipedia indet.
Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp.
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus sp.
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodontidae indet., Carcharocles sp.
Otodontidae indet. mackerel shark
Carcharocles sp. Jordan 1923 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon sp., Carcharodon carcharias, Isurus sp.
Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838 white shark
Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
 Euselachii -
Myliobatiformes indet., Rajiformes indet.
Myliobatiformes indet. Compagno 1973 stingray
Rajiformes indet. Berg 1940 ray