Quebrada Pinte, Profil 6, Sample 1-185 (Jurassic of Chile)

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 33608: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Martin Aberhan on 04.08.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Pholadomya corrugata" = Pholadomya (Pholadomya) corrugata
"Pholadomya corrugata" = Pholadomya (Pholadomya) corrugata Koch and Dunker 1837 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
? Myoconcha sp.
? Myoconcha sp. Sowerby 1824 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp.
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
? Nanogyra cf. auricularis
? Nanogyra cf. auricularis Munster 1833 oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon costatum, Actinostreon longistriatum
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla (Weyla) titan, Weyla (Lywea) unca, Weyla (Weyla) alata
Weyla (Weyla) titan Moricke 1894 scallop
Weyla (Lywea) unca Philippi 1899 scallop
Weyla (Weyla) alata von Buch 1838 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys textoria
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma "sp. A", Plagiostoma "sp. B", "Ctenostreon wrighti" = Ctenostreon rugosum
Plagiostoma "sp. A" Sowerby 1814 file clam
Plagiostoma "sp. B" Sowerby 1814 file clam
"Ctenostreon wrighti" = Ctenostreon rugosum Smith 1817 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
"Pleurotomaria" "sp. A"
"Pleurotomaria" "sp. A" Defrance 1826 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Quadratirhynchia "sp. A"
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Montlivaltia sp.
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral