Aguada de Varas, h1, AV-13 (Jurassic of Chile)

Where: Antofagasta, Chile (24.8° S, 69.2° W: paleocoordinates 30.3° S, 31.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Liasicus ammonoid zone, Middle Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)

• The strike of the profile is NNE-SSW

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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 210190: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Dorina Juhász on 26.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Arietitidae
 Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae
Badouxia cf. canadensis Frebold 1951 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809