Sierra Baguales: Eocene, Chile

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Spheniscidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Otero et al. 2012
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota (Agassiz 1838)
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus dolloi
see common names

Geography
Country:Chile
Coordinates: 50.7° South, 72.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:53.2° South, 62.7° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval:Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Man Aike
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Originally said to be the Rio Baguales Formation. Updated to Man Aike formation by Sallaberry et al 2015.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine 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:99572
Authorizer:M. Uhen, E. Vlachos Enterer:M. Uhen, E. Vlachos
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-11-16 06:42:12 Last modified:2021-06-30 18:49:47
Access level:the public Released:2010-11-16 06:42:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34241. 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]

Secondary references:

64053 R. A. Otero, S. Soto-Acuna, and R. E. Yury-Yanez. 2012. Primer registro de tortugas y cocodrilos en el Eoceno de Magallanes, extremo sur de Chile. Actas del XIII Congreso Geológico de Chile. Antofagasta 722-724 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
77288 M. Sallaberry, S. Soto-Acuña, R. Yury-Yáñez, J. Alarcón, and D. Rubilar-Rogers. 2015. Aves fósiles de Chile. Publicación Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 63:265-291 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]