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-Pleitoceno)
Environment/lithology: marine; 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 222365: authorized by Marcelo Rivadeneira, entered by Selene Araya on 22.09.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Gastropoda | |
Chorus blainvillei snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop |