Where: Chile (29.0° S, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 29.3° S, 32.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with silica
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
Primary reference: M. Aberhan. 1992. Palokologie und zeitliche Verbreitung benthischer Faunengemeinschaften im Unterjura von Chile. Beringeria 5:1-174 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 33585: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Martin Aberhan on 04.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
? Nanogyra cf. auricularis Munster 1833 oyster | |
Weyla alata von Buch 1838 scallop | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
"Lobothyris subpunctata" = Lobothyris punctata
"Lobothyris subpunctata" = Lobothyris punctata Sowerby 1812 | |
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Anthozoa | |
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral |