Carta Geológica 96, Locality 11 (Pliocene to of Chile)

Where: Coquimbo, Chile (30.3° S, 71.5° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° S, 70.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Formación Coquimbo Formation, Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• Formación Coquimbo (Mioceno-Pleistoceno)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, silty sandstone and calcareous limestone

• a) Areniscas finas limosas, dinas laminadas, amalgamadas finas a gruesas, muy gruesas de guijarros con bioclastos y escasas diatomitas.

•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 222357: authorized by Marcelo Rivadeneira, entered by Selene Araya on 21.09.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp.
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Monoceros sp.
Monoceros sp. Lamarck 1809 murex snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Incatella cingulata
Incatella cingulata Sowerby 1825 turret shell
 Trochoidea - Tegulidae
Tegula sp.
Tegula sp. Lesson 1835 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp.
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia sp.
Mulinia sp. Gray 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus sp.
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam