Morro de Copiapo: Late/Upper Miocene, Chile
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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cf. Palaeospheniscus sp.
Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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5 specimens | ||||||
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= cf. Spheniscus sp.
Brisson 1760
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Chavez 2007 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Chile |
| Coordinates: | 27.2° South, 70.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.4° South, 68.8° West |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bahía Inglesa |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 100137 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-11-30 08:34:10 | Last modified: | 2022-03-02 04:14:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-11-30 08:34:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34363. | C. Acosta Hospitaleche and J. Canto. 2005. Primer registro de cráneos asignados a Palaeospheniscus (Aves, Spheniscidae) procedentes de la Formación Bahía Inglesa (Mioceno Medio-Tardío), Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 78:489-495 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 34372 | M. Chavez. 2007. Sobre la presencia de Paraptenodytes y Palaeospheniscus (Aves: Sphenisciformes) en la Formacion Bahia Inglesa, Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 80:255-259 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy] |