Andean Geology is becoming an English-language journal
This transition will be effective starting July 1, 2026. All submissions but obituaries and comments, and those part of special issues, will be required to be submitted in English
Call for Papers
Special Issue: Advances in Paleontology in Chile: Opportunities and Challenges for a Synthesis
Edited by:
- Marcelo Rivadeneira, CEAZA
- Enrique Bostelmann, Sernageomin
- Martín Chávez-Hoffmeister, CIAHN
- Joseline Manfroi, CIAHN
- Philippe Moisan, Universidad de Atacama
- Karen Moreno, Universidad Austral de Chile
- Sven Nielsen, Universidad Austral de Chile
- Ana Valenzuela-Toro, CIAHN
- Natalia Villavicencio, Universidad de O'Higgins
Submission status: Open between March 1, 2026, and November 30, 2026
Read more (pdf)
Special Issue: Geoethics in Chile and Latin America - Contextual reflections for responsible geoscience
Edited by:
- Luisa Pinto, Universidad de Chile
- Hernán Bobadilla, Politecnico di Milano
- Tania Villaseñor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
- Pablo Ramírez, Universidad de Chile
- Millarca Valenzuela, Universidad Católica del Norte
Submission status: Open between August 15, 2025, and April 30, 2026
A fossil siluriform spine (Teleostei, Ostariophysi) from the Miocene of Chile
Maria de las Mercedes Azpelicueta, Alfonso Rubilar
Abstract
ABSTRACT. A fossil catfish spine of Siluroidei from fluviolacustrine upper beds of the Cura-Mallin Formation is described. This unit is assigned to the Miocene. The spine has generalized features that may preclude its precise identification, although it is possible to differentiate it from those of extant Siluriforms of Chile. RESUMEN. Una espina fosil de pez siluriforme (Teleostei, Ostariophysi) del Mioceno de Chile. En esta nota se describe una espina fosil de Siluroidei encontrada en unidades sedimentarias superiores, fluviolacustres de la Formacion Cura-Mallin, asignadas al Mioceno. El ejemplar tiene caracteres generalizados que impiden una identificacion taxonomica precisa, aunque es posible diferenciarla de las espinas de siluriformes actuales que habitan en Chile.