Also known as Rio Maitenes
Where: Chile (35.0° S, 70.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° S, 33.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Baños del Flaco Formation, Late/Upper Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)
• "lower to middle upper Tithonian" based on ammonite biostratigraphy
•246 m above the base of the section
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by L. Biró-Bagóczky
• Universidad de Concepcíon collection
Primary reference: A. P. Larrain and L. Biró-Bagóczky. 1985. New Pygurus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from the Tithonian of central Chile: first record from the Jurassic of the southern hemisphere. Journal of Paleontology 59(6):1409-1413 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90556: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Pygurus (Pygurus) andinus n. sp.
Pygurus (Pygurus) andinus n. sp. Larrain and Biró-Bagóczky 1985 sea urchin |