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 33606: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Martin Aberhan on 04.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
"Andenipora liasica" = Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) liasica
"Andenipora liasica" = Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) liasica Gerth 1926 demosponge | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Quadratirhynchia "sp. A" Buckman 1917 | |
"Lobothyris subpunctata" = Lobothyris punctata
"Lobothyris subpunctata" = Lobothyris punctata Sowerby 1812 | |
Bivalvia | |
Actinostreon longistriatum oyster | |
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop | |
Weyla (Weyla) titan Moricke 1894 scallop
Weyla (Weyla) alata von Buch 1838 scallop
Weyla (Lywea) unca Philippi 1899 scallop | |
Plagiostoma "sp. A" Sowerby 1814 file clam
Plagiostoma "sp. B" Sowerby 1814 file clam |