Laguna de Tagua Tagua (Member 3/4) (Pleistocene of Chile)

Also known as Taguatagua

Where: O'Higgins, Chile (34.5° S, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° S, 71.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

• not clear if this material is from member 3 or member 4; lithology is "yellowish clayey mud" and sand; underlies Laguna de Tagua Tagua Member 6 (see)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: C. J. Heusser. 1990. Ice age vegetation and climate of subtropical Chile. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 80:107-127 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71281: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 09.02.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Antifer sp." = Blastocerus
"Antifer sp." = Blastocerus Wagner 1844 marsh deer