Cerritos Bayos (Caliza de Reineckia): Late/Upper Callovian, Chile
collected by W. A. Biese 1946–1950
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Reineckia douvillei
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Reineckia sp.
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Oecrotraustus sp.
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Reptilia
- Ichthyosauridae
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Ichthyosaurus sp.
Koenig 1818
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Posidoniidae
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Posidonia sp.
Bronn 1828
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte sp.
Sowerby 1816
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Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnitidae
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Belemnites sp.
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Cephalopoda
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Aptychus sp.
von Meyer 1861
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Oppeliidae
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Ochetoceras sp.
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Oppelia sp.
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Perisphinctidae
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Perisphinctes dorae
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| original and current combination Stephanoceras (Perisphinctes) | |||||||
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Perisphinctes jupiter
Steinmann 1881
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| recombined as Choffatia jupiter | |||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Kosmoceratidae
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Cosmoceras sp.
(Waagen 1869)
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| original and current combination Kosmoceras | |||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Macrocephalitidae
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Macrocephalites sp.
Zittel 1884
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Aspidoceratidae
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Aspidoceras sp.
Zittel
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Peltoceras sp.
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Geography
| Country: | Chile | State/province: | Antofagasta | County: | El Loa |
| Coordinates: | 22.6° South, 69.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.2° South, 34.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Callovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Caliza de Reineckia | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red marl |
| Secondary lithology: | yellow sandy "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "reddish marls with banks of yellow limestone, somewhat sandy" | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | W. A. Biese | Collection dates: | 1946–1950 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 172174 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-07-28 15:24:23 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-07-28 15:24:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55912. | W. Biese. 1961. El Jurásico de Cerritos Bayos [The Jurassic of Cerritos Bayos]. Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas, Instituto de Geología, Publicación 19:1-61 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |