Quillagua, Antofagasta (Jurassic of Chile)

Where: Chile (21.8° S, 69.6° W: paleocoordinates 20.6° S, 34.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

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 58743: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 23.02.2006

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Actinastrea ramulifera" = Stephanastrea ramulifera
"Actinastrea ramulifera" = Stephanastrea ramulifera Etallon 1864 stony coral