Tablazo Formation, Ecuador

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Tablazo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mid Pleistocene
(Lujanian)
~0.8–0.2  Ma
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Type Geological formation
Lithology
Primary Claystone, sandstone
Location
Coordinates 1°12′S80°48′W / 1.2°S 80.8°W / -1.2; -80.8
Region Santa Elena Province
Country Ecuador
Type section
Named forCerro El Tablazo
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Tablazo Formation, Ecuador (Ecuador)

The Tablazo Formation is a Middle Pleistocene geologic formation of Santa Elena Province in western Ecuador. The claystones and sandstones were deposited in an estuarine environment. [1]

Contents

Fossil content

The formation has provided the following fossils: [1]

An association of two subadult and one adult specimen of Smilodon fatalis was reported from the formation by Reynolds, Seymour & Evans (2021), who interpret the subadult specimens as likely to be siblings, and evaluate the implications of this finding for the knowledge of the life history of S. fatalis. [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Tablazo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ↑ Cadena et al., 2017
  3. ↑ Cantalamessa et al., 2001
  4. ↑ Reynolds et al., 2021

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