Carta Geológica 150, Localidad 4 (Cretaceous to of Chile)

Where: Coquimbo, Chile (29.1° S, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° S, 37.5° W)

When: Barremian to Barremian (129.4 - 113.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, carbonaceous lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: permineralized

Primary reference: C. Creixell, M. Labbé, C. Arévalo and E. Salazar. 2013. Geología del Área de Estación Chañar-Junta de Chingoles. Regiones de Atacama y Coquimbo. Carta Geología de Chile. Serie Geología Básica. No 150. [M. Rivadeneira/L. Ledezma]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 222461: authorized by Marcelo Rivadeneira, entered by Leandro Ledezma-Durán on 27.09.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
 Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Paulckella sp. Cooper et al. 1989 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Aetostreon sp." = Exogyra (Aetostreon)
"Aetostreon sp." = Exogyra (Aetostreon) Bayle 1878 oyster