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El Chacay Fm - Puesto Gonzalez, Río Chico Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -47.5,-71.6667 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Río Chico Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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El Chacay Fm - Puesto Gonzalez, Provincia de Santa Cruz | Chiesa J.O., Parma S.G., et al (1995) | El Chacay | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From El Chacay Fm, which regionally overlies Basalto Posadas and is overlain by the Santa Cruz Fm (Eocene-Oligocene). THICKNESS: AGE: Eocene. No further detail provided. Justified on the basis of stratigraphic position and biostratigraphic correlation. This unit has more recently been dated as early Miocene (Burdigalian) by Sr isotopes (Cuitiño et al., 2015) and correlative units also as Burdigalian by U-Pb chronology (Cuitiño et al., 2012). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unkno | sandstone | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Gmelinmagas plicata species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Terebratellidae : Gmelinmagas : Gmelinmagas plicata | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Trachycardium puelchum species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Trachycardium : Cardium puelchum | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Zygochlamys jorgensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Zygochlamys : Zygochlamys jorgensis | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Proscaphella cossmanni species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Miomelon : Proscaphella cossmanni | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Epitonium sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : Epitonium | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Ficus (Diconoficus) posadasensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ficidae : Ficus : Ficus (Diconoficus) posadasensis | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Struthiolarella sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Struthiolariidae : Struthiolarella | 20.44 - 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!