Loanco (Eocene of Chile)

Where: Chile (35.6° S, 72.6° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° S, 63.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Millongue Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. A. Otero. 2019. Loancorhynchus catrillancai gen. et sp. nov., a new swordfish (Xiphioidei, Blochiidae) from the Middle Eocene of central Chile. PeerJ 7(e6671) [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204548: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Perciformes - Blochiidae
Loancorhynchus catrillancai n. gen. n. sp. Otero 2019 perch-like fish