Where: Coquimbo, Chile (30.2° S, 71.4° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° S, 70.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Formación Coquimbo Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Formación Coquimbo (Mioceno- Pleistoceno)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, silty sandstone
•b)Calizas bioclásticas matriz soportadas (bio) clastosoportadas minoritarias.
•Se intercalan areniscas bioclásticas finas a gruesas.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Emparan C and G. Pineda F. 2006. Geología del Área de Adacollo-Puerto Aldea, Región de Coquimbo, Carta No. 96. [M. Rivadeneira/S. Araya]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 222349: authorized by Marcelo Rivadeneira, entered by Selene Araya on 21.09.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Vertebrata indet. vertebrate | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Gastropoda | |
Fusinus remondi snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Chlamys hupeanus Philippi 1887 scallop
Chlamys cf. hupeanus Philippi 1887 scallop | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box |