Morro de Copiapo (Miocene of Chile)
Where: Chile (27.2° S, 70.9° W: paleocoordinates 27.4° S, 68.8° W)
When: Bahía Inglesa Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Acosta Hospitaleche and J. Canto. 2005. Primer registro de cráneos asignados a Palaeospheniscus (Aves, Spheniscidae) procedentes de la Formación Bahía Inglesa (Mioceno Medio-Tardío), Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 78:489-495 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 100137: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.11.2010
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cf. Spheniscus sp. Brisson 1760 penguin | |