Quebrada Corral (Jurassic to of Chile)

Where: Antofagasta, Chile (22.0° S, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 20.6° S, 34.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Quehita Formation, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; concretionary mudstone and limestone

• "The formation is dominated by organic-rich mudstones with thin limestone beds and abundant septarian carbonate concretions."

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1992

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: D. M. Martill, G. Chong D., and R. Pardo. 1998. A new pycnodont (Pisces, Actincopterygii) from the Jurassic of Chile. Neueus Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1998(8):485-493 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55686: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 02.11.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Gyrodontidae
"Mesturus cordillera n. sp." = Gyrodus cordillera
"Mesturus cordillera n. sp." = Gyrodus cordillera Martill et al. 1998
UCN 080597 MGHF