Estancia Busnadiego - Chenque Fm: Early/Lower Miocene, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Lahilla patagonica
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema rugulosa
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
"Turritella" ambulacrum Sowerby 1846
"Turritella" aff. rustica Uliana and Camacho 1975
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea" pileus Lamarck 1822
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficula cf. distans
synonym of Ficus
Gastropoda - Struthiolariidae
Antarctodarwinella iheringi
Struthiolarella ornata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Trophon santacrucensis Ihering 1897
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Penion subrecta
Gastropoda - Naticidae
"Polynices" secunda
original and current combination Polinices
Gastropoda - Tegulidae
Tegula (Tegula) jeguaensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea sp. Sacco 1897
Crassostrea hatcheri (Ihering 1899)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna (Atrina) magellanica Ihering 1907
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
"Chlamys" jorgensis (Ihering 1907)
recombined as Chlamys (Zygochlamys) jorgensis
Zygochlamys geminatus (Sowerby 1846)
recombined as Zygochlamys geminata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Monteleonia) alta Sowerby 1846
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymerita camaronesia
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Pteromyrtea crucialis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholadidea patagonica (Philippi 1887)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Ameghinomya argentina Ihering 1897
Ameghinomya meridonalis (Sowerby 1846)
Dosinia meridonalis Ihering 1897
Austrocallista iheringi (Cossmann 1898)
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea regularis (Ortmann 1900)
recombined as Panopea (Panopea) regularis
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen (Eosolen) crucis
original and current combination Solena (Eosolen)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella kokeni
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericor sp. (Stewart 1930)
original and current combination Venericardia (Venericor)
Venericor abasolensis Camacho and Fernández 1956
synonym of Neovenericor austroplata
Venericor austroplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
synonym of Neovenericor austroplata
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina
Coordinates: 45.3° South, 69.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.1° South, 62.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chenque
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From upper beds of the Chenque Fm. THICKNESS: From multiple beds within formation that reaches a thickness of ~100 m. AGE: Early Middle Miocene according to molluscan biostratigraphy. Assigned to the Middle Miocene based on the the recognition of the NVG assemblage. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From two beds, 30 m apart, in the uppermost part of the formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Environmental data not reported in text. Siliciclastic shallow marine assemblage.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: List includes both new collections by the author, and examination of museum and previously reported taxa. REPOSITORY: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernadino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritaive publication, but providing revised generic placement for many previously reported antiquated names.
Metadata
Database number:71428
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-04-25 06:45:38 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-04-25 06:45:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12860. C. J. del Rio. 2004. Tertiary Marine Molluscan Assemblages of Eastern Patagonia (Argentina): A Biostratigraphic Analysis. Journal of Paleontology 78(6):1097-1122 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]