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Chanarcillo - Nantoco - Lower, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
Group | Chanarcillo |
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Formation | Nantoco |
Member | Lower |
Age: | 136 - 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Interval | Late Hauterivian |
Tectonic Setting | Back-arc basin |
Lithology | mudstone/wackestone |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 1 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Quebrada de Melendez | Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile | Chanarcillo - Nantoco - Lower |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Chanarcillo - Totoralillo | 130 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | marl, mudstone | 6 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Crioceratites sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Crioceratitidae : Crioceratites | 136.4 - 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
References
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!