Bahia Golondrina, Tierra del Fuego (Holocene of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (54.8° S, 68.3° W: paleocoordinates 54.8° S, 68.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Holocene sediments. AGE: Holocene, 1,400 +/- 300 yrs BP (Urien, 1968).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, fine-grained, sandy claystone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine; infaunal community.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fine sandy clays. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTORS: The authors: Gordillo, Coronato and Rabassa (2002). REPOSITORY: Quaternary mollusc collection from Tierra del Fuego (TDF-Q) at the Centro de Investigaciones Paleobiológicas (CIPAL), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina.

Primary reference: S. Gordillo, A. M. J. Coronato, and J. O. Rabassa. 2005. Quaternary molluscan faunas from the island of Tierra de Fuega after the Last Glacial Maximum. Scientia Marina 69(2):337-348 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71604: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.04.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhasutive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Modern nomenclature with species level assignments.
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Trochita pileus Lamarck 1822 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Laevilitorina caliginosa Gould 1850 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
? Capulus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 mussel
 Cardiida - Cyamiidae
Cyamium sp. Philippi 1845 clam
 Cardiida - Neoleptonidae
Neolepton sp. Monterosato 1875 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Protothaca antiqua" = Ameghinomya antiqua
"Protothaca antiqua" = Ameghinomya antiqua King 1832 venus clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis macha Molina 1782 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam