CMI 40.5 (Jurassic of Chile)

Where: Región de Tarapacá, Chile (20.0° S, 70.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.2° S, 35.3° W)

When: Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, cherty/siliceous lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: P. Vásquez and F. A. Sepúlveda. 2013. Cartas Iquique y Pozo Almonte, Región de Tarapacá. Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, Carta Geológica de Chile, Serie Geológica Básica Nos. 162-163, 1 mapa escala 1:100.000. Santiago. [M. Rivadeneira/L. Ledezma-Durán/L. Ledezma-Durán]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 228314: authorized by Marcelo Rivadeneira, entered by Leandro Ledezma-Durán on 26.11.2022

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae
Bivalvia
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam