La Coronilla: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Uruguay

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Melanella sp. Bowdich 1822
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula protea d'Orbigny 1941
Crepidula plana Say 1822
Bostrycapulus odites Collin 2005
Gastropoda - Scaliolidae
Finella dubia (d'Orbigny 1840)
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittiolum varium (Pfeiffer 1840)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831
Olivella tehuelcha (d'Orbigny 1841)
recombined as Olivella (Olivina) tehuelchana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Parvanachis sp. Radwin 1968
Costoanachis sertulariarum
spelled with current rank as Anachis (Costoanachis)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Zidona dufresnei Donovan 1823
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Urosalpinx haneti (Petit 1856)
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Vitrinellidae indet. Bush 1897
Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae
Heleobia cf. australis (d'Orbigny 1837)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla multicostata
Turbonilla uruguayensis
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826
Iselica globosa (Lea 1843)
original and current combination Actaeon globosus
Boonea seminuda (Adams 1839)
Gastropoda - Tegulidae
Tegula patagonica (d'Orbigny 1835)
recombined as Agathistoma patagonicum
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora patagonica (dOrbigny 1839)
Lucapinella henseli (Martens 1900)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichnella bidentata (d'Orbigny 1841)
recombined as Acteocina bidentata
Acteocina candei (d'Orbigny 1841)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana decora (Adams 1856)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula semiornata d'Orbigny 1846
recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) semiornata
Ennucula uruguayensis (Smith 1880)
Ennucula puelcha (d'Orbigny 1842)
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cardiomya sp. Adams 1864
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Bushia rushii (Pilsbry 1897)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula caribaea d'Orbigny 1845
recombined as Caryocorbula caribaea
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Sphenia fragilis (Adams and Adams 1854)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Phlyctiderma semiaspera (Philippi 1836)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Pitar rostratus (Koch 1943)
Pitar cf. palmeri Fisher-Piette and Testud 1967
Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin 1792)
Chione subsrostrata
Gouldia cerina (Adams 1845)
Cyclinella tenuis (Récluz 1852)
original and current combination Dosinia (Artemis) tenuis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra isabelleana dOrbigny 1846
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Anatina anatina (Spengler 1802)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus plebeius (Lightfoot 1786)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma uruguayensis Smith 1885
Tellina gibber Ihering 1907
Merisca martinicensis (dOrbigny 1853)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele proficua (Pulteney 1799)
Abra uruguayensis (Pilsbry 1897)
Ervilia concentrica (Holmes 1858)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840
Trachycardium muricatum (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella lunulata (Conrad 1834)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus sp. Roding 1798
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Aequipecten tehuelchus (d'Orbigny 1842)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limaria sp. Link 1807
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina seminuda (Lamarck 1819)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea equestris Say 1834
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Lunarca ovalis (Bruguiere 1789)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia bisulcata (Lamarck 1819)
unclassified
Scapharca brasiliana (Lamarck 1819)
recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana
Fargoa bushiana Bartsch 1909
see common names

Geography
Country:Uruguay
Coordinates: 33.9° South, 53.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.9° South, 53.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Age estimate:88 to 80 Ka (other)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chuy
Stratigraphy comments: MIS 5a
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: Clayey sanstone
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Geology comments: Shallow water, low-energy
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:195933
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2018-08-31 04:38:57 Last modified:2018-08-31 04:38:57
Access level:authorizer only Released:2019-03-03 04:38:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
66689. A. Rojas, M. Demicheli, and S. A. Martínez. 2018. Taphonomy of the Late Pleistocene marine molluscan assemblages from Uruguay. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 289(2):217-235 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]