Cerritos Bayos tracksite (Jurassic of Chile)

Also known as Leonardi locality 83

Where: Antofagasta, Chile (22.7° S, 69.2° W: paleocoordinates 22.0° S, 34.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; sandstone

• "beach"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collected by W. A. Biese in pre-1957

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: G. Chong Diaz and Z. B. d. Gasparini. 1976. Los vertebrados mesozoicos de Chile y su aporte geo-paleontologico [The Mesozoic vertebrates of Chile and their geo-paleontological importance]. Actas del Sexto Congreso Geologico Argentino, Bahia Blanca, 21-27 September 1975 45-67 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 85831: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Lacertoidea indet. Camp 1923 squamates
"lacertoid"