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Cerros de Cuevitas, Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Lat/Long (Decimal)	-23.6167,-70.0833
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile

Collections

Collection	Reference	Comments	Lithology	Age
Cerros de Cuevitas, Profil 2, Antofagasta	Gründel J. (2001)		sandstone	196.5 - 189.6 Ma Early Jurassic
Cerros de Cuevitas, Profil 1, Antofagasta	Gründel J. (2001)	transition Lower/Upper Sinemurian	not reported	199.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Cerros de Cuevitas, Profil 3, Antofagasta	Gründel J. (2001)		"limestone"	201.3 - 189.6 Ma Early Jurassic
Cerros de Cuevitas, Profil 4, Antofagasta	Gründel J. (2001)	horizon with Psiloceras primocostatum	"limestone"	201.3 - 196.5 Ma Early Jurassic
Cuevitas, Antofagasta	Prinz P. (1991)			201.3 - 199.3 Ma Early Jurassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Actinastrea gibbosa species	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Actinastreidae : Actinastrea : *Actinastrea gibbosa*	201.3 - 199.3 Ma Early Jurassic
Actinastrea plana species	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Actinastreidae : Actinastrea : *Actinastrea plana*	201.3 - 199.3 Ma Early Jurassic
Montlivaltia sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : *Montlivaltia*	201.3 - 199.3 Ma Early Jurassic
Thecosmilia sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : *Thecosmilia*	201.3 - 199.3 Ma Early Jurassic
Retiophyllia clathrata species	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Reimaniphylliidae : Retiophyllia : *Retiophyllia clathrata*	201.3 - 199.3 Ma Early Jurassic
Phacelostylophyllum rugosum species	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylophyllidae : Phacelostylophyllum : *Phacelostylophyllum rugosum*	201.3 - 199.3 Ma Early Jurassic
Pinacophyllum parallelum species	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylophyllidae : Pinacophyllum : *Pinacophyllum parallelum*	201.3 - 199.3 Ma Early Jurassic
Alakiria spheroidea species	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Volzeiidae : Alakiria : *Alakiria spheroidea*	201.3 - 199.3 Ma Early Jurassic
Bourguetia sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pseudomelaniidae : *Bourgetia*	201.3 - 196.5 Ma Early Jurassic
Amberleya sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Seguenziida : Eucyclidae : *Amberleya*	201.3 - 189.6 Ma Early Jurassic
Eucyclus sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Seguenziida : Eucyclidae : *Eucyclus*	201.3 - 189.6 Ma Early Jurassic
Microschiza sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Purpurinidae : *Microschiza*	199.3 - 190.8 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleurotomaria anglica species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Pleurotomariidae : Pleurotomaria : *Pleurotomaria anglica*	196.5 - 189.6 Ma Early Jurassic

References

Prinz P. (1991) Mesozoische Korallen aus Nordchile, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 216, 147-209

Stanley, Jr. G. D., Beauvais L. (1994) Corals from an Early Jurassic coral reef in British Columbia: refuge on an oceanic island reef, Lethaia 27, 35-47

Gründel J. (2001) Gastropoden aus dem Jura der südamerikanischen Anden - Gastropods from the Jurassic of the Andes of South America, Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies - Heft 9; Freiberger Forschungshefte C 492, 43-84

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!

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