Western Sierra Minillas, e3 (Jurassic of Chile)

Where: Chile (26.1° S, 70.4° W: paleocoordinates 28.7° S, 32.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• The profile is approximately 850m long and the marine lower Jurassic beds are ca. 240 m thick

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, sandy limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: L.A. Quinzio-Sinn. 1987. Stratigraphische Untersuchungen im Unterjura des Südteils der Provinz Antofagasta in Nord-Chile. Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen 87:1-105 [J. Pálfy/D. Juhász]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210171: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Dorina Juhász on 25.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Bathrotomaria sp. Cox 1956 snail
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Amberleya sp. Morris and Lycett 1851 snail
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae
 Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Arnioceras semicostatum Young and Bird 1828 ammonite
Arnioceras cf. robustum Quenstedt 1884 ammonite
Arnioceras cf. mendax Fucini 1902 ammonite
Arnioceras cf. miserabile Quendstedt 1858 ammonite
Arnioceras ceratitoides Quenstedt 1848 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla sp. Böhm 1920 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pachymya (Arcomya) sp. Sowerby 1826 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia spp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral