Localidad 23, J-77 (Jurassic to of Chile)

Also known as Formación Lautaro

Where: Huasco, Chile (28.2° S, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 28.5° S, 32.2° W)

When: Lautaro Formation, Late/Upper Pliensbachian to Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 182.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic

• Sucesión marina calcárea arenosa, formada por calizas, margas y areniscas calcáreas, fosilíferas, y conglomerados con cemento calcáreo.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: R. Moscoso, C. Mpodozis, C. Nasi, L. Ribba, and C. Arévalo. 2010. Moscoso, R.; Mpodozis, C.; Nasi, C.; Ribba, L.; Arévalo, C. (compilador) 2010. Geología de la Hoja El Tránsito, Región de Atacama. Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, Carta Geológica de Chile, Serie Preliminar 7: 3 anexos, 1 mapa escala 1:250.000. Santiago. [M. Rivadeneira/M. González Tejos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 223386: authorized by Marcelo Rivadeneira, entered by Matías González Tejos on 09.11.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma sp.
Oxytoma sp. Meek and Hayden 1865 scallop
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Oxynoticeratidae
Radstockiceras sp.
Radstockiceras sp. Buckman 1918 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Tiltoniceras sp.
Tiltoniceras sp. Buckman 1913 ammonite