Also known as Reef 552
Where: Chile (21.8° S, 69.0° W: paleocoordinates 21.0° S, 33.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Bajocian (171.6 - 168.4 Ma)
• Upper lower Bajocian based on Sonninia and Stephanoceras
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: P. Prinz. 1991. Mesozoische Korallen aus Nordchile. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 216:147-209 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34631: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 13.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Actinastrea pentagonalis Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
Actinastrea crassoramosa Michelin 1843 stony coral | |
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Thamnasteria lobata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Complexastrea cf. hemisphaerica, Montlivaltia cottreaui, Phyllogyra etheridgeri, Isastrea cf. explanulata, Isastrea bernardi, Isastrea richardsoni
Complexastrea cf. hemisphaerica Geyer 1954 stony coral
Montlivaltia cottreaui Collignon 1932 stony coral
Phyllogyra etheridgeri Duncan 1872 stony coral
Isastrea cf. explanulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
Isastrea bernardi Koby 1886 stony coral
Isastrea richardsoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
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Microphyllia cf. pulchella Beauvais 1966 stony coral
Microphyllia jaspensis n. sp. Prinz 1991 stony coral | |
"Fungiastraea major" = Microsolena major
"Fungiastraea major" = Microsolena major Ferry 1861 stony coral | |