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Cerro Guido, Última Esperanza Province, Magallanes, Chile
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -50.91,-72.42 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Última Esperanza Province, Magallanes, Chile |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Cerro Guido, Ultima Esperanza | Kuschel G. (1959) | Dorotea | At contact between Dorotea and Rincón Negro Formations. "Rincón Negro" Formation is a name of local character equivalent to the Tres Pasos Formation. Upper Tres Pasos and lower Dorotea formations contain ammonoid Hoplitoplacenticeras, indicating a Late Campanian age. | siltstone | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Dorotheus guidensis species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Curculionidae : Dorotheus : Dorotheus guidensis | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Kuschel G. (1959) Un curculionido del Cretácico Superior - primer insecto fósil de Chile, Investigaciones Zoológicas Chilenas 5, 49-54 |
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!