Sierra Quimal, locality 3 (Triassic of Chile)

Also known as Cerro Quimal, Cerro Químal

Where: Antofagasta, Chile (23.0° S, 68.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° S, 33.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: El Bordo Formation, Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)

• middle part of beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Fortt

Primary reference: P. Salinas, L. G. Marshall, and P. Sepúlveda. 1991. Vertebrados continentales del Paleozoico y Mesozoico de Chile [Continental vertebrates of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic of Chile]. Actas del VI Congreso Geológicao Chileno, Viña del Mar 310-313 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 170678: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.06.2015

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Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
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