Cerro Jaspe, Chile: Early/Lower Bajocian, Chile
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinastreidae
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Actinastrea crassoramosa
(Michelin 1843)
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Actinastrea pentagonalis
(Goldfuss 1829)
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Prinz 1986 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montlivaltiidae
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Montlivaltia cottreaui
(Collignon 1932)
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common category | ||||||
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Phyllogyra etheridgeri
(Duncan 1872)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Complexastrea cf. hemisphaerica
Geyer 1954
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Isastrea cf. explanulata
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Isastrea richardsoni
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Prinz 1986 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Isastrea bernardi
Koby 1886
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Microsolenidae
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Fungiastraea major
(Ferry 1861)
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4 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Microsolena major | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Latomeandridae
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Microphyllia jaspensis n. sp.
Prinz 1991
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Microphyllia cf. pulchella
Beauvais 1966
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Prinz 1986 | 4 specimens | |||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Thamnasteriidae
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Thamnasteria lobata
(Goldfuss 1826)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Chile |
| Coordinates: | 21.8° South, 69.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.0° South, 33.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Bajocian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Bajocian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 170.90000 - 168.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper lower Bajocian based on Sonninia and Stephanoceras | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: 15m thick reefal facies (biostromal?), sandy at base | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: Coastal patch and fringing reefs mentioned | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Corals only | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 552 | ||
| Database number: | 34631 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-09-13 07:45:20 | Last modified: | 2003-09-13 11:07:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-13 07:45:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9156. | P. Prinz. 1991. Mesozoische Korallen aus Nordchile. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 216:147-209 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |
Secondary references:
| 9155 | P. Prinz. 1986. Mitteljurassische Korallen aus Nordchile. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1986:736-750 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |