Cerro Azabache, Chile (Jurassic of Chile)
Also known as Reef 1318
Where: Chile (22.9° S, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 21.9° S, 33.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Bajocian (171.6 - 168.4 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
• Several small patch reefs.
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: P. Prinz. 1991. Mesozoische Korallen aus Nordchile. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 216:147-209 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34632: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 13.09.2003