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Arauco Peninsula, Arauco Province, Bíobío, Chile
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -37.3833,-73.5333 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Arauco, Chile |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Arauco Province, Bíobío, Chile |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Arauco Peninsula, Huenteguapi Sandstone Fm | Nielsen S. N. (2013) | Huenteguapi | Earliest Pliocene | sandstone | 5.333 - 3.6 Ma Neogene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Cyclocardia sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Cyclocardia | 5.333 - 3.6 Ma Neogene |
Crenella decussata species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Crenella : Crenella decussata | 5.333 - 3.6 Ma Neogene |
Crassilabrum crassilabrum species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Crassilabrum : Crassilabrum crassilabrum | 5.333 - 3.6 Ma Neogene |
Stramonita zinsmeisteri species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Stramonita : Stramonita zinsmeisteri | 5.333 - 3.6 Ma Neogene |
Nacella (Patinigera) intiforma species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Patellogastropoda : Nacellidae : Nacella : Nacella (Patinigera) intiforma | 5.333 - 3.6 Ma Neogene |
References
Nielsen S. N. (2013) A new Pliocene mollusk fauna from Mejillones, northern Chile, Paläontologische Zeitschrift 87 1, 33-66 |
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!