Английская Википедия:Coquimbo Formation

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox rockunit Coquimbo Formation (Шаблон:Lang-es) is a Miocene to Middle Pleistocene sedimentary formation located in Coquimbo Region in Norte Chico, Chile. The lowermost unit belongs to the lower Miocene, with the third-deepest unit dated at 11.9 ± 1.0 Ma. The uppermost unit of the formation is estimated at 1.2 Ma. In the area of Tongoy, the Coquimbo Formation was deposited in an ancient bay that was formed in a graben or half-graben, with a normal fault dipping east. Sea level changes during the Holocene have caused erosion to cut several marine terraces into the formation.

Fossil content

The following fossils have been found in the formation:

SALMA	Group	Fossils	Notes
style="background-color: Шаблон:Period color;" rowspan=3 | Montehermosan	Mammals	Delphinus domeykoi, Megaptera hubachi, Pliopontos sp., ?Squalodon sp., Balaenidae indet.	Шаблон:Center
Birds	cf. Palaeospheniscus sp., Spheniscus sp., Diomedeidae indet., Spheniscidae indet.	Шаблон:Center
Fish	Carcharodon carcharias	Шаблон:Center
	style="background-color: Шаблон:Period color;" | Mayoan	Cosmopolitodus hastalis	Шаблон:Center

See also

• Cerro Ballena
• Elqui-Limarí Batholith
• Caleta Herradura Formation
• Navidad Formation
• Pisco Formation

Further reading

• C. Acosta Hospitaleche, J. Canto, and C. P. Tambussi. 2006. Pingüinos (Aves, Spheniscidae) en Coquimbo (Mioceno Medio-Plioceno Tardio), Chile y su vinculación con las corrientes oceánicas. Revista Española de Paleontología 21(1):115-122
• Шаблон:Cite LSA