Where: Chile (28.7° S, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° S, 33.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aalenian (174.1 - 170.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with silica

Collection methods: mechanical

Primary reference: M. Aberhan. 1992. Palokologie und zeitliche Verbreitung benthischer Faunengemeinschaften im Unterjura von Chile. Beringeria 5:1-174 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35451: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 16.12.2003

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