Punta Perro, late miocene, Navidad Formation (Miocene of Chile)

Where: Chile (33.9° S, 71.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.2° S, 69.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Navidad Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; coarse-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. D. Cairns. 2003. A new species of Sphenotrochus (Scleractinia: Turbinoliidae) from the Late Miocene (Tortonian) of Chile. Zoologische Verhandelingen 345(31):79-84 [W. Kiessling/S. Jankowski]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84871: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Sophie Jankowski on 17.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Sphenotrochus denhartogi n. sp. Cairns 2003 stony coral