Where: Antofagasta, Chile (26.0° S, 69.2° W: paleocoordinates 23.1° S, 33.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Quebrada Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: J. Kriwet. 2000. Revision of Mesturus cordillera Martill et al., 1998 (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) from the Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) of Northern Chile. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):450-455 [C. Jaramillo/G. Ballen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 134865: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Gustavo Ballen on 18.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
"Mesturus cordillera" = Gyrodus cordillera
"Mesturus cordillera" = Gyrodus cordillera Martill et al. 1998 |