Also known as Zorritas Fm., Sierra de Almieda, Chile
Where: Salar de Atacama, Chile (23.9° S, 68.4° W: paleocoordinates 64.6° S, 101.9° W)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Zorritas Formation, Emsian to Emsian (407.6 - 382.7 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: A. J. Boucot, H. Bahlburg, C. Breitkreuz, P. E. Isaacson, H. Niemeyer and F. Urzua. 1995. Devonian brachiopods from northern Chile. Journal of Paleontology 69(2):257-263 [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 197631: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.11.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scyphozoa | |
Conularia quichua jellyfish | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Trilobita | |
cf. Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite |