NE Sierra Aspera, Horizon 8 (Jurassic of Chile)

Where: Chile (24.7° S, 69.4° W: paleocoordinates 28.4° S, 31.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Cuevitensis ammonoid zone, Early/Lower Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: A. Hillebrandt. 2000. Die Ammoniten-Fauna des südamerikanischen Hettangium (basaler Jura), Teil 1. Paleontographica Abteilung 257(4-6):85-189 [J. Pálfy/D. Juhász]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209321: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Dorina Juhász on 29.04.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae
Badouxia canadensis Frebold 1951 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae
Schlotheimia cf. cuevitensis Hillebrandt 2000 ammonite