Where: Atacama, Chile (27.1° S, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.3° S, 69.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bahía Inglesa Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• latest Miocene (Canto et al, 2008)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, fine-grained sandstone
•Charrier and Croft 2015: Según los autores mencionados, estos depósitos se acumularon en la plataforma continental en ambientes sublitorales a neríticos a profundidades comprendidas entre 0 y 500 m. Algunos niveles clásticos gruesos corresponderían a flujos de detritos provenientes de áreas emergidas
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: P. Quilodran and C. Marquardt. 2001. Catastro y condiciones de fosilizacion de cetaceos neogenos de la Formacion Bahia Inglesa, 27-28 S Tercera Region, norte de Chile. Ameghiniana 38(4):15R-16R [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 55535: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 31.10.2005, edited by Oliver Will
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Carcharodon carcharias6, "Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis6, "Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis3
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Ziphiidae indet. Gray 1850 beaked whale | |
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Pontoporiidae indet. Gray 1870 toothed whale | |
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin | |
Phocoenidae indet. Gray 1825 porpoise | |
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Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual | |
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