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Monte Leon Fm - Cañadón de los Misioneros, Corpen Aike Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -50.1,-69.1167 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Corpen Aike Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Monte Leon Fm - Cañadón de los Misioneros | Olivera A. M., Camacho H. H. (1990) | Monte Leon | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Monte Leon Fm, which is unconformably overlain by the Santa Cruz Fm (Late Miocene) and unconformably overlies the San Julian Fm (Early Oligocene). AGE: Stated in text to be Oligocene in age. Recent chronostratigraphic revision by Del Rio (2004) places the Monte Leon Fm in the Early Miocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Upper levels of the Monte Leon Fm. | "siliciclastic" | 23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Austroimbricaria gracilior species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mitridae : Austroimbricaria : Marginella gracilior | 23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Austroimbricaria quemadensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mitridae : Austroimbricaria : Marginella quemadensis | 23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Neoimbricaria patagonica species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutomitridae : Neoimbricaria : Voluta patagonica | 23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!