Английская Википедия:Caleta Herradura Formation

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Not confuse Шаблон:Infobox rockunit Caleta Herradura Formation (Шаблон:Lang-es) is a geologic formation of Late Miocene (Montehermosan) age, cropping out on the Mejillones Peninsula in northern Chile. The erosion at the Coastal Cliff of northern Chile have created particularly good exposures of Caleta Herradura Formation. The formation deposited in a half graben within Mejillones Peninsula. The formation rests nonconformably on the Jorgino Formation.[1]

Fossil content

The following fossils have been found in the formation:

Group Fossils Notes
Mammals Balaenopteridae indet., Odontoceti indet., Otariidae indet. Шаблон:Center
Birds Spheniscus chilensis, Milvago sp., Phalacrocorax sp. Шаблон:Center
Fish Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharias sp., Carcharhinus sp., Chondrichthyes indet., Myliobatidae indet. Шаблон:Center

See also

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References

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Further reading

  • S. D. Emslie and C. G. Correa. 2003. A new species of penguin (Spheniscidae: Spheniscus) and other birds from the late Pliocene of Chile. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116(2):308-316

Шаблон:Major South American geological formations Шаблон:Geology of Chile