Quebrada Cachina, Profil 2, upper base horizon (Jurassic of Chile)
Where: Chile (25.8° S, 70.4° W: paleocoordinates 30.3° S, 32.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Peruvianus ammonoid zone, Middle Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified limestone
• Calcareous sand-, and siltstones with limestone banks.
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 209515: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Dorina Juhász on 04.05.2020
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Cephalopoda | |
Sunrisites sp. Guex 1980 ammonite |