Where: Antofagasta, Chile (22.6° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° S, 34.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cerritos Bayos Formation, Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• "Banco de Vertebrata" upper 1-2 m of the "Marga de Belemnites"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; concretionary, calcareous marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by W. A. Biese in 1946–1950
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: W. Biese. 1961. El Jurásico de Cerritos Bayos [The Jurassic of Cerritos Bayos]. Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas, Instituto de Geología, Publicación 19:1-61 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 170680: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.06.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
"Lepidotus sp." = Lepidotes
"Lepidotus sp." = Lepidotes Agassiz 1832 gar | |
Pachycormus sp. Agassiz 1833 | |
Reptilia | |
Megalosauridae indet. Fitzinger 1843 dinosaur | |
Plesiosaurus sp. de la Beche and Conybeare 1821 plesiosaur | |
Ichthyosaurus quenstedti Zittel 1890 ichthyosaur part of rostrum with teeth, vertebrae, ribs, manus bones
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Cephalopoda | |
Perisphinctes sp. Waagen 1869 ammonite | |
Macrocephalites sp. Zittel 1884 ammonite | |
Ochetoceras sp. ammonite | |
Lissoceras sp. Bayle 1879 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster |