Los Dedos, Pliocene: Pliocene, Chile
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Spheniscus sp.
Brisson 1760
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Chile |
| Coordinates: | 27.2° South, 70.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.9° South, 70.0° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | BahÃa 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: | 100173 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-12-01 03:00:39 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-12-01 03:00:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |