Laguna de Tagua Tagua (Member 3/4): Late Pleistocene, Chile
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Antifer sp.
Ameghino 1889
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Geography
| Country: | Chile | State/province: | O'Higgins |
| Coordinates: | 34.5° South, 71.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.5° South, 71.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: not clear if this material is from member 3 or member 4; lithology is "yellowish clayey mud" and sand; underlies Laguna de Tagua Tagua Member 6 (see) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Taguatagua | ||
| Database number: | 71281 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
| Created: | 1999-02-09 16:36:58 | Last modified: | 2020-08-14 06:36:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-02-09 16:36:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23987. | C. J. Heusser. 1990. Ice age vegetation and climate of subtropical Chile. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 80:107-127 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |