La Portada Formation (Spanish: Formación La Portada) is a geologic formation of Miocene and Pliocene age located near the Coast Range of northern Chile. The coarse-grained sandstones of the formation contain penguin fossils.[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ Mejillones Peninsula at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Chávez, Martín F. (2008). "Los pingüinos fósiles de Sudamérica". Libro de Actas. I Simposio - Paleontología Chile - 2008 (in Spanish). pp. 116–120.
Further reading
- L. Ragaini, C. di Celma, and G. Cantalamessa. 2008. Warm-water mollusc assemblages from northern Chile (Mejillones Peninsula): new evidence for permanent El Nino-like conditions during Pliocene warmth?. Journal of the Geological Society 165:1075-1084
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