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Quebrada Vaca Muerta, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Lat/Long (Decimal)	-27.35,-69.57
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile

Collections

Collection	Reference	Comments	Lithology	Age
Quebrada Vaca Muerta (sample 661127/6)	Hillebrandt A. (2006)	Protogrammoceras (Argutarpites) cf. meneghinii horizon	"limestone"	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Quebrada Vaca Muerta, bed 2 (sample 661126/2)	Hillebrandt A. (2006)	Pseudoskirroceras laticostatum horizon	marl	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Quebrada Vaca Muerta, bed 2 (sample 711208/1)	Hillebrandt A. (2006)	Pseudoskirroceras laticostatum horizon	marl	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Quebrada Vaca Muerta, bed 2 (sample 711208/2)	Hillebrandt A. (2006)	Pseudoskirroceras laticostatum horizon	marl	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Quebrada Vaca Muerta, bed 2 (sample 711208/3)	Hillebrandt A. (2006)	Miltoceras chilcaense horizon	marl	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Quebrada Vaca Muerta, bed 4 (sample 661126/8)	Hillebrandt A. (2006)	Dubariceras latidorsale horizon	marl	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Quebrada Vaca Muerta, bed 6 (sample 661126/5)	Hillebrandt A. (2006)	Eoamaltheus meridianus horizon	marl	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Quebrada Vaca Muerta, bed 6 (sample 661127/1)	Hillebrandt A. (2006)	Eoamaltheus meridianus horizon	marl	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Quebrada Vaca Muerta, bed 6 (sample 661127/2)	Hillebrandt A. (2006)	Eoamaltheus meridianus horizon	marl	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Andicoeloceras primum species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Coeloceratidae : Andicoeloceras : *Andicoeloceras primum*	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Meridiceras sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Coeloceratidae : *Meridiceras*	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Meridiceras externum species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Coeloceratidae : Meridiceras : *Meridiceras externum*	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Pseudoskirroceras laticostatum species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Coeloceratidae : Pseudoskirroceras : *Pseudoskirroceras laticostatum*	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Pseudoskirroceras wiedenmayeri species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Coeloceratidae : Pseudoskirroceras : *Pseudoskirroceras wiedenmayeri*	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Dubariceras crassum species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Eoderoceratidae : Dubariceras : *Dubariceras crassum*	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Dubariceras latidorsale species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Eoderoceratidae : Dubariceras : *Dubariceras latidorsale*	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Eoamaltheus meridianus species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Eoderoceratidae : Eoamaltheus : *Eoamaltheus meridianus*	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Eoamaltheus ovatus species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Eoderoceratidae : Eoamaltheus : *Eoamaltheus ovatus*	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Fanninoceras (Fanninoceras) carlottense species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Eoderoceratidae : Fanninoceras : *Fanninoceras (Fanninoceras) carlottense*	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic
Fanninoceras disciforme species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Eoderoceratidae : Fanninoceras : *Fanninoceras disciforme*	189.6 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic

References

Hillebrandt A. (2006) Ammoniten aus dem Pliensbachium (Carixium und Domerium) von Südamerika, Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 25, 1-403

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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