Where: Chile (50.7° S, 72.5° W: paleocoordinates 53.2° S, 62.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Man Aike Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• Originally said to be the Rio Baguales Formation. Updated to Man Aike formation by Sallaberry et al 2015.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. A. Sallaberry, R. E. Yury-Yanez, R. A. Otero, S. Soto-Acuna, and T. G. Torres. 2010. Eocene birds from the western margin of southernmost South America. Journal of Paleontology 84(6):1061-1070 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 99572: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.11.2010, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark | |
Isurus dolloi mackerel shark | |
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark | |
Reptilia | |
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Aves | |
Spheniscidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 penguin |