A late Eocene age proposal for the Loreto Formation (Brunswick Peninsula, southernmost Chile), based on fossil cartilaginous fishes, paleobotany and radiometric evidence

• Main Authors: Otero, Rodrigo A., Torres, Teresa, Le Roux, Jacobus P., Herve, Francisco, Fanning, Christopher, Yury-Yanez, Roberto E.l, Rubilar-Rogers, David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria 2015
• Subjects: Alessandri; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/52623

We present new data on the paleoichthyology, paleobotany and radiometric results of the Loreto Formation in the Brunswick Peninsula of southernmost Chile, that allow us to propose a Late Eocene age. The rich diversity of fossil cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) recognized in uppe...