La Cantera: Miocene - Late Pliocene, Chile
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
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= Spheniscidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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Chávez-Hoffmeister 2014 | ||||||
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Spheniscidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Chile | State/province: | Coquimbo |
| Coordinates: | 30.0° South, 71.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.3° South, 68.8° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene - Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 - Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene - Late Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.04 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Coquimbo |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow 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: | 100310 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-12-08 01:59:26 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-12-08 01:59:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34439. | C. Acosta Hospitaleche, J. Canto, and C. P. Tambussi. 2006. Pinguinos (Aves, Spheniscidae) en Coquimbo (Mioceno Medio-Plioceno Tardio), Chile y su vinculacion con las corrientes oceanicas. Revista Española de Paleontología 21(1):115-122 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 77300 | M. Chávez-Hoffmeister. 2014. The humerus and stratigraphic range Paleospheniscus (Aves, Sphenisciformes). Ameghiniana 51(3):159-172 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |