Quebrada Tucucaro (Devonian to of Chile)

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

• Quartzitic sandstone with occasional polymictic clasts

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

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Taxonomic list

• Brachiopod systematics
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
cf. Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite