4 miles ENE of Smithsonian Montezuma Observatory, Calama (Jurassic of Chile)

Where: Chile (22.6° S, 68.8° W: paleocoordinates 24.7° S, 32.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Jurassic (201.3 - 174.1 Ma)

• "Lias" is only stratigraphic information given

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper. 1983. The Terebratulacea (Brachiopoda) Triassic to Recent: a study of the brachidia (loops). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 50:1-290 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 135374: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.10.2012

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Notosia chiliensis n. gen. n. sp.
Notosia chiliensis n. gen. n. sp. Cooper 1983