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Bahía Inglesa, Caldera, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
| Lat/Long (Decimal) | -27.1333,-70.8333 |
|---|---|
| Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
| Given Location | Antwerpen, Chile |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Caldera, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile |
Collections
| Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahía Inglesa | Long D. J. (1993) | Bahia Inglesa | According to the text: The Bahía lnglesa locality has been dated on the basis of diatoms at between 4.5 and 2.6 MYBP (Tsuchi et al. 1988). However, most recent studies (Godoy, E.; Marquardt, C.; Blanco, N., 2003. Carta Caldera, Región de Atacama. Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, Santiago, Chile, Carta Geológica de Chile, Serie Geología Básica, 76) place Bahia Inglesa between the middle Miocene and the early Pliocene | not reported | 15.97 - 3.6 Ma Neogene |
Recorded Fossils
References
| Long D. J. (1993) Late Miocene and Early Pliocene fish assemblages from the north central coast of Chile, Tertiary Research 14 3, 117-126 doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2012.04.001 |
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!
