Also known as Formación Lautaro
Where: Huasco, Chile (28.1° S, 69.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.5° S, 32.4° W)
When: Lautaro Formation, Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone and lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic
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 223409: authorized by Marcelo Rivadeneira, entered by Matías González Tejos on 10.11.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776 | |
Bivalvia | |
Weyla sp. Böhm 1920 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Dactylioceras cf. commune Sowerby 1815 ammonite | |
Eleganticeras cf. elongatum ammonite |