Where: Atacama, Chile (29.0° S, 71.4° W: paleocoordinates 29.3° S, 69.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Formación Coquimbo Formation, Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Formación Coquimbo (Mioceno Medio-Pleistoceno Inferior)
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, muddy, sandy conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Creixell, M. Ortiz, and C. Arevalo. 2012. Geología del Área Carrizalillo-El Tofo, Regiones de Atacama y Coquimbo. [M. Rivadeneira/S. Araya]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 222328: authorized by Marcelo Rivadeneira, entered by Selene Araya on 20.09.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Chlamys simpsoni scallop |