Hallazgo de cetaceos fosiles (Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae) en la ciudad de Coquimbo, Chile

Abstract

Resumen. Se informa del hallazgo de dos cetaceos fosiles, de la familia Balaenopteridae, encontrados in situ, casi completos y Articulados, en los alrededores de una quebrada tributaria del estero El Culebron, ciudad de Coquimbo, IV Region, Chile. Provienen de sedimentos marinos, semiconsolidados, de probable edad pliocena, pertenecientes a la Formacion Coquimbo. Abstract. This is a preliminary report of the in situ finding of two almost complete and articulated fossil Cetacea of the Balaenopteridae family, near a tributary gulch of El Culebron brook, in the city of Coquimbo, Chile. These vertebrates were found in semi-consolidated, marine sediments of the Coquimbo Formation, probably Pliocene in age.