Los Dedos, Miocene: Messinian, Chile
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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| Acosta Hospitaleche et al. 2006 | 3 specimens | |||||||||
| Chavez-Hoffmeister 2005 | ||||||||||
| Chavez-Hoffmeister 2005 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Diomedeidae
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aff. Thalassarche sp.
Reichenback 1853
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Chavez-Hoffmeister 2005 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Procellariidae
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| Chavez-Hoffmeister 2005 | 2 specimens | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Odontopterygiformes
- Pelagornithidae
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Pelagornis sp.
Lartet 1857
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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cf. Pelagornis sp.
Lartet 1857
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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| Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2024 | 4 specimens | |||||||||
| sp. I, SGO.PV 1049a-b; sp. II SGO.PV 21602; sp. III SGO.PV 22108; sp. IV SGO.PV 21601; | ||||||||||
| Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2024 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2024 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2024 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Chile |
| Coordinates: | 27.2° South, 70.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.8° South, 69.0° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.246 - 5.333 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bahía Inglesa |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: coquina sandstone and mudstone | |
| 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: | 100171 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-12-01 02:39:04 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-12-01 02:39:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34370. | M. Chavez, M. Stucchi, and M. Urbina. 2007. El registro de Pelagornithidae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) y la avifauna neogena del Pacifico sudeste. Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Etudes Andines 36(2):175-197 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 34434 | C. Acosta Hospitaleche, M. Chavez, and O. Fritis. 2006. Pingüinos fósiles (Pygoscelis calderensis sp. nov.) en la Formación Bahía Inglesa (Mioceno Medio-Plioceno), Chile. Revista geológica de Chile 33(2):327-338 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 34369 | M. F. Chavez-Hoffmeister. 2005. Nuevos registros de aves fosiles en la Formacion Bahia Inclesa (Mioceno-Plioceno), Region de Atacama, Chile. Congreso Chileno de Ornitologia VIII:47 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 90531 | P. R. Martinez, B. Carrapa, M. T. Clementz, C. S. Gutstein, W. E. Worrell, S. T. Hasiotis, J. G. Martínez-López and F. A. Muñoz. 2025. Controls on late Miocene marine vertebrate bonebed genesis in northern Chile. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 659(78):112622 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 87350 | A. M. Valenzuela-Toro, C. S. Gutstein, and M. E. Suárez. 2024. Exceptional morphological and taxonomic diversity of early seals (Phocidae) from the Atacama Region, Chile. Historical Biology [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |