Cuenca del Tirburon: Late/Upper Pliocene, Chile

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Perna sp. Retzius 1788
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Trochita sp. Schumacher 1817
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Herminespina mirabilis (Möricke 1896)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Thaisidae
Chorus sp. Gray 1847
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Reptilia - Spheniscidae
Spheniscus chilensis n. sp. Emslie and Correa 2003
70 specimens
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax sp. Brisson 1760
6 specimens
Reptilia - Falconidae
Milvago sp. Spix 1824
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Otariidae
Otariidae indet. (Gray 1825)
Mammalia - Cetacea
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867
two species of dolphin
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864
small baleen whale
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
see common names

Geography
Country:Chile
Coordinates: 23.4° South, 70.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.5° South, 69.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pliocene
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Caleta Herradura de Mejillones Member:upper
Stratigraphy comments: upper beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "carbonate"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: marine shell bed
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: oceanic and neritic, sporadic upwelling, occurred during major transgressive event
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:100174
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:B. Shipps Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-12-01 03:19:04 Last modified:2017-02-26 14:53:20
Access level:the public Released:2010-12-01 03:19:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34371. S. D. Emslie and C. G. Correa. 2003. A new species of penguin (Spheniscidae: Spheniscus) and other birds from the late Pliocene of Chile. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116(2):308-316 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]