Domeyko Range, GCH 85 (Triassic to of Chile)
Where: Antofagasta, Chile (24.5° S, 69.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° S, 33.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Norian to Norian (221.5 - 201.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
• greyish impure limestone which alternate with black shales
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: I. Hayami, S. Maeda, and C. R. Fuller. 1977. Some Late Triassic Bivalvia and Gastropoda from the Domeyko Range of north Chile. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 108:202-221 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 98590: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.10.2010