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Quebrada Calabocito, Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -29.684,-70.184 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Huasco Province, Atacama, Chile |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Quebrada Calabocito | Aberhan M., von Hillebrandt A. (1999) | 7.5 m thick marlstones rarely containing Opisoma overlain by a marly, quartz-bearing bioclastic limestone horizon, 0.5 m in thickness, where Opisoma occurs abundantly. Lower part of Middle Toarcian based on stratigraphic column. | wackestone | 182 - 175.6 Ma Early Jurassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Opisoma excavatum species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Astartidae : Opisoma : Opisoma excavatum | 182 - 175.6 Ma Early Jurassic |
References
Aberhan M., von Hillebrandt A. (1999) The bivalve Opisoma in the Lower Jurassic of northern Chile, Profil 16, 149-164 |
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!