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Punta del Viento, Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -25.1667,-69.25 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Taltal, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Punta del Viento, Chile | Prinz-Grimm P. (1995) | "limestone" | 228 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Chondrocoenia sp. genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Actinastreidae : Chondrocoenia | 228 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Stuoresimorpha norica species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Alpinophylliidae : Stuoresimorpha : Stuoresimorpha norica | 228 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Retiophyllia delicatula species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Reimaniphylliidae : Retiophyllia : Retiophyllia delicatula | 228 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Anthostylis acanthophora species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylophyllidae : Anthostylis : Coccophyllum acanthophorum | 228 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Alakiria spheroidea species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Volzeiidae : Alakiria : Alakiria spheroidea | 228 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
References
Prinz-Grimm P. (1995) Triassische Korallen der südlichen Zentral-Anden, Geologica et Palaeontologica 29, 233-243 |
Kiessling W. (2008) New opinions on coral taxonomy |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!