Localidad 36, J-56, J-545 (Jurassic to of Chile)

Also known as Formación Lautaro

Where: Huasco, Chile (28.0° S, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° S, 32.5° W)

When: Lautaro Formation, Early/Lower Jurassic to Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 161.5 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 223418: authorized by Marcelo Rivadeneira, entered by Matías González Tejos on 11.11.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratula sp.
Terebratula sp. Müller 1776
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla sp.
Weyla sp. Böhm 1920 scallop
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp.
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Harpoceras sp.
 Ammonitida - Phymatoceratidae
Phymatoceras sp., Phymatoceras cf. lilli
Phymatoceras cf. lilli Hauer 1856 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae
Dactylioceras sp.
Dactylioceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite