Bahia Herradura: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene, Chile
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Pontoporiidae
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodontidae
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| Oliver Schneider 1926 | 1 element | |||||||||
| Oliver Schneider 1935 | ||||||||||
| unlikely to represent Squalodon | ||||||||||
| Tamayo and Frassinetti 1980 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Chile |
| Coordinates: | 30.0° South, 71.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 29.6° South, 69.5° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene - Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Miocene - Early Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63 - 3.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Coquimbo |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marginal 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: | 73840 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-07-03 06:37:05 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-07-03 06:37:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24749. | H. J. Canto, A. Crovetto, and V. Covacevich. 2002. Hallazgo de Pliopontos sp. (Cetacea: Pontoporiidae) en el Neogeno de Chile. Noticiario Mensual 350:28-37 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 53838 | C. Oliver Schneider. 1926. Lista preliminar de los mamiferos fosiles de Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 30:144-156 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 24751 | C. Oliver Schneider. 1935. Mamiferos fossiles de Chile. Revista Chileana de Historia Natural 39:297-304 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 4864 | M. Tamayo and D. Frassinetti. 1980. Catalogos de los mamiferos fosiles y vivientes de Chile. BoletÃn del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Chile 37:323-399 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen] |