Where: Coquimbo, Chile (29.1° S, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° S, 37.5° W)
When: Barremian to Barremian (129.4 - 113.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, carbonaceous lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: permineralized
Primary reference: C. Creixell, M. Labbé, C. Arévalo and E. Salazar. 2013. Geología del Área de Estación Chañar-Junta de Chingoles. Regiones de Atacama y Coquimbo. Carta Geología de Chile. Serie Geología Básica. No 150. [M. Rivadeneira/L. Ledezma]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 222461: authorized by Marcelo Rivadeneira, entered by Leandro Ledezma-Durán on 27.09.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Turritella cf. lineolta turret shell | |
Cephalopoda | |
Ammonoidea indet. ammonite | |
Crioceratites verrucosus ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Steinmanella aff. vacaensis Weawer 1931 clam | |
"Aetostreon sp." = Exogyra (Aetostreon)
"Aetostreon sp." = Exogyra (Aetostreon) Bayle 1878 oyster |