Copaquiri, Tarapaca: Callovian, Chile

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea richardsoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latomeandra sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Dendrastrea langrunensis
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea ramulifera (Etallon 1864)
3 specimens
original and current combination Stephanastrea ramulifera
see common names

Geography
Country:Chile
Coordinates: 20.9° South, 68.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.7° South, 34.1° 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:Callovian
Age range of interval:165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:open shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:back-arc basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:58742
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-02-23 05:03:01 Last modified:2006-03-23 13:07:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-02-23 05:03:01
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]