Cerro Blanco (Jurassic to of Chile)

Where: Atacama, Chile (28.0° S, 70.1° W: paleocoordinates 27.2° S, 32.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Lautaro Formation, Early/Lower Jurassic to Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 161.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. A. Otero, S. Soto-Acuña, and D. Rubilar-Rogers. 2015. El registro fósil de plesiosaurios (Sauropterigia) en Chile. Publicación Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 63:151-188 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 221026: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.06.2021

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria -
Teleosaurus neogaeus Burmeister and Giebel 1861 plesiosaur
 Ichthyosauria -