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Las Penas, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 1.08639,-79.1572 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Esmeraldas, Ecuador |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Las Penas | Bianucci G., Landini W., et al (2005) | Viche | late early and middle Miocene | siltstone | 15.97 - 13.82 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Ziphiidae family | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Eboroziphius : Ziphiidae | 15.97 - 13.82 Ma Miocene |
References
Bianucci G., Landini W., et al (2005) First cetacean fossil records from Ecuador, collected from the Miocene of Esmeraldas Province, Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 111 2, 345-350 |
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!