Carta geologica 116, Locality 10 (Cretaceous to of Chile)

Where: Coquimbo, Chile (30.9° S, 70.5° W: paleocoordinates 30.3° S, 35.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Rio Tascadero Formation, Valanginian to Valanginian (139.8 - 129.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Pineda and M. Calderón. 2008. Geología del Área Monte Patria-El Maqui, Región de Coquimbo. [M. Rivadeneira/J. Villafana]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 221557: authorized by Marcelo Rivadeneira, entered by Yusse Hernández on 12.08.2021, edited by Phil Novack-Gottshall

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Leopoldia sp. Mayer-Eymar 1887 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae
Holcoptychites magdalenae Douvillé 1910 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Eriphyla sp. Gabb 1864 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panopaea sp." = Panopea
"Panopaea sp." = Panopea Menard 1807 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya gigantea Sowerby 1836 clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Isocardia sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Meretrix sp. Lamarck 1799 venus clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae