Barranca de Los Loros (Miocene of Uruguay)

Where: Colonia, Uruguay (33.9° S, 58.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° S, 56.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Camacho Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Dpto. de paleontologĂ­a de la Facultad de Ciencias de Montevideo and Museo Municipal de Nueva Palmira, Uruguay

Primary reference: D. Perea and M. Ubilla. 1990. Los selacios (CHONDRICHTHYES) de la Fm. Camacho (Mioceno sup., Uruguay). Revista de la Soco Uruguaya de GeologĂ­a 2(4):5-13 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

PaleoDB collection 162670: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 01.10.2014

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus egertoni Agassiz 1843 requiem shark