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Punta Canoa, Ecuador
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -1.15,-80.8833 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Ecuador |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Punta Canoa | Pilsbry H. A., Olsson A.A. (1941) | LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, which overlies the Pliocene Canoa Formation. AGE: Authors state that the presence of certain extinct species suggest that a Pliocene age is more likely than a Pleistocene age. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown part of the succession. | "siliciclastic" | 2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
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!