Sierra Contreras (Cretaceous to of Chile)

Where: Torres de Paine, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica, Chile (50.9° S, 72.6° W: paleocoordinates 54.4° S, 57.0° W)

When: Cerro Toro Formation, Turonian to Turonian (93.9 - 72.1 Ma)

• No comments about stratigraphy.

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•More precise dating sourced from zircon ages in Bernhardt et al. 2012.

Environment/lithology: basinal (); conglomerate

• See Bernhardt et al. 2012

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: O. Wilckens. 1907. Die Lamellibrachiaten, Gastropoden ect. aus der oberen Kreide Südpatagoniens. Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg, Breisgau 15:97-166 [M. Clapham/J. Fearon/J. Fearon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 235517: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by J Fearon on 15.07.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Trigonia ecplecta" = Pacitrigonia ecplecta
"Trigonia ecplecta" = Pacitrigonia ecplecta Wilckens 1907 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte venatorum
Astarte venatorum Wilckens 1907 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea antarctica
Cucullaea antarctica Wilckens 1907 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp.
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp.
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp., Turritella cazadoriana
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella cazadoriana Wilckens 1907 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais gregaria
Aporrhais gregaria Wilckens 1907 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp., Natica cerreria
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Natica cerreria Wilckens 1907 moon snail