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Punta del Cobra, Copiap贸, Copiap贸 Province, Atacama, Chile

FormationPunta del Cobra
Age:140 - 136 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
IntervalEarly Valanginian
Tectonic SettingBack-arc basin
Lithologyconglomerate
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences2

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Quebrada Los AlgarrobosCopiap贸, Copiap贸 Province, Atacama, ChilePunta del Cobra

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) atherstoni
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Olcostephanidae : Olcostephanus : Olcostephanus (Olcostephanus) atherstoni140.2 - 136.4 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lissonia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Lissonia140.2 - 136.4 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Mourgues F. A. (2004) Advances in ammonite biostratigraphy of the marine Atacama basin (Lower Cretaceous), northern Chile, and its relationship with the Neuquen basin, Argentina, Journal of South American Earth Sciences 17, 3-10
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