Quebrada Chanchoquin, Atacama (Jurassic of Chile)

Where: Chile (28.8° S, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 26.9° S, 33.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aalenian (174.1 - 170.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal

Size class: macrofossils

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 58561: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 14.02.2006

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
? Actinastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
"Schizosmilia rollieri" = Cladophyllia rollieri
"Schizosmilia rollieri" = Cladophyllia rollieri Koby 1888 stony coral