Where: Chile (27.0° S, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.4° S, 68.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lechero Member (Bahía Inglesa Formation), Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• late Miocene age (approximately 7.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Valenzuela-Toro, N. D. Pyenson, C. S. Gutstein and M. E. Suarez. 2016. A new dwarf seal from the Late Neogene of South America and the evolution of pinnipeds in the southern hemisphere. Papers in Palaeontology 2(1):101-115 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 175063: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.12.2015

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