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  • Caleta Herradura Formation (Spanish: FormaciĂłn Caleta Herradura) 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.


    Fossil content


    The following fossils have been found in the formation:


    See also



    Cerro Ballena
    Coquimbo Formation
    Navidad Formation
    Pisco Formation


    References




    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

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