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Southwest of Ancha Terriza, Punta Arenas, Magallanes Province, Magallanes, Chile
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -53.19,-70.95 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Punta Arenas, Magallanes Province, Magallanes, Chile |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Southwest of Ancha Terriza, Rio de los Ciervos | Cooper G. A. (1959) | Age given as Eocene, but should be early Miocene. The Patagoniense transgression has been dated as early Miocene by Sr isotopes (Cuitiño et al., 2015) and U-Pb chronology (Cuitiño et al., 2012). | sandstone | 23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Patagorhynchia patagonica species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Hemithirididae : Patagorhynchia : Patagorhynchia patagonica | 23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
References
Cooper G. A. (1959) Genera of Tertiary and Recent rhynchonelloid brachiopods, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 130 5, 1-90 |
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!