Where: Chile (28.7° S, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 27.2° S, 33.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Toarcian (182.0 - 175.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with silica

Collection methods: mechanical

Primary reference: M. Aberhan. 1992. Palokologie und zeitliche Verbreitung benthischer Faunengemeinschaften im Unterjura von Chile. Beringeria 5:1-174 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35447: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 16.12.2003

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