Horcón (Pliocene of Chile)

Where: Chile (32.7° S, 71.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° S, 70.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Upper Member (Horcon Formation), Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

• inner shelf

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Chávez Hoffmeister, J. D. Carrillo Briceño, and S. N. Nielsen. 2014. The evolution of seabirds in the Humboldt Current: new clues from the Pliocene of Central Chile. PLoS ONE 9(3):e90043 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 221049: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.07.2021

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Delphinoidea indet., Mysticeti indet.
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet.
Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal
Aves
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
"Puffinus cf. griseus" = Ardenna grisea
"Puffinus cf. griseus" = Ardenna grisea Gmelin 1789 sooty shearwater
 Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Eudyptes calauina n. sp.
Eudyptes calauina n. sp. Chávez Hoffmeister et al. 2014 penguin
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax sp.
Phalacrocorax sp. Brisson 1760 cormorant