Where: Atacama, Chile (29.1° S, 71.5° W: paleocoordinates 29.2° S, 70.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Formación Coquimbo Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Formación Coquimbo (Mioceno Medio-Pleistoceno Inferior)
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, sandy sandstone and lime mudstone
•fluvialesde la FormaciónConfluenciay en parte son cubiertospor ellas y por nivelescalcáreosde los depósitos litorales inactivos (PlHl1).
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Creixell, M. Ortiz, and C. Arevalo. 2012. Geología del Área Carrizalillo-El Tofo, Regiones de Atacama y Coquimbo. [M. Rivadeneira/S. Araya]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 221667: authorized by Marcelo Rivadeneira, entered by Selene Araya on 19.08.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Globigerinita glutinata Egger 1893 | |
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Neogloboquadrina pachyderma, "Globorotalia inflata" = Globoconella inflata
Neogloboquadrina pachyderma Ehrenberg 1861
"Globorotalia inflata" = Globoconella inflata d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Bulimina pyrula d'Orbigny 1846 | |