Los Dedos, Miocene: Late/Upper Miocene, Chile

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Monachinae indet. Trouessart 1897
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;
cf. Hadrokirus martini Amson and Muizon 2013
Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2024 1 specimen
Acrophoca sp. Muizon 1981
Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2024 1 specimen
Acrophoca longirostris Muizon 1981
Valenzuela-Toro et al. 2024 1 specimen
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Pelagornis sp. Lartet 1857
1 specimen
cf. Pelagornis sp. Lartet 1857
5 specimens
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Spheniscus megaramphus Stucchi et al. 2003
Chavez-Hoffmeister 2005
Spheniscus urbinai Stucchi 2002
Chavez-Hoffmeister 2005
Pygoscelis calderensis n. sp. Acosta Hospitaleche et al. 2006
Acosta Hospitaleche et al. 2006 3 specimens
Reptilia - Diomedeidae
aff. Thalassarche sp. Reichenback 1853
Chavez-Hoffmeister 2005
Reptilia - Procellariidae
Puffinini indet.
Chavez-Hoffmeister 2005 2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Chile
Coordinates: 27.2° South, 70.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.4° South, 68.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.60800 - 5.33300 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:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-12-01 02:39:04 Last modified:2022-03-02 04:14:12
Access level:the public Released:2010-12-01 02:39:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
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]
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]