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

Abstract

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 (Chond