Where: Antofagasta, Chile (22.6° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° S, 34.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• Caliza de Reineckia
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: red marl and yellow, sandy limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by W. A. Biese in 1946–1950
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: W. Biese. 1961. El Jurásico de Cerritos Bayos [The Jurassic of Cerritos Bayos]. Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas, Instituto de Geología, Publicación 19:1-61 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 172174: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Cephalopoda | |
Aptychus sp. von Meyer 1861 ammonite | |
"Cosmoceras sp." = Kosmoceras
"Cosmoceras sp." = Kosmoceras Waagen 1869 ammonite | |
Perisphinctes dorae, "Perisphinctes jupiter" = Choffatia jupiter
Perisphinctes dorae ammonite
"Perisphinctes jupiter" = Choffatia jupiter Steinmann 1881 ammonite | |
Peltoceras sp. ammonite
Aspidoceras sp. Zittel ammonite | |
Macrocephalites sp. ammonite | |
Ochetoceras sp. ammonite
Oppelia sp. ammonite | |
Belemnites sp. belemnite | |
Bivalvia | |
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Posidonia sp. Bronn 1828 oyster | |
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam | |
Reptilia | |
Ichthyosaurus sp. Koenig 1818 ichthyosaur |