Where: Chile (23.5° S, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° S, 49.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cerros de Cuevitas Formation, Cisuralian (298.9 - 273.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Instituto de Paleontología, Sección Paleoinvertebrados, Fundación Miguel Lillo, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina (IPI)
Primary reference: G. A. Cisterna, A. F. Sterren, and H. R. Niemeyer. 2014. Las sucesiones carbonáticas marinas del Pérmico Temprano en Antofagasta, norte de Chile. Andean Geology 41:626-638 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 163041: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.10.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Myalina aff. chilena Gonzalez 1986 clam | |