Quebrada El Asiento, Profil 2, Sample 2-61 (Jurassic of Chile)

Where: Chile (26.5° S, 69.3° W: paleocoordinates 26.7° S, 32.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with silica

Collection methods: 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 33883: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 08.08.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Heterostropha - Tubiferidae
Striactaeonina transatlantica
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
"Pleurotomaria" "sp. A"
"Pleurotomaria" "sp. A" Defrance 1826 snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Amberleya cf. americana
Bivalvia
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Cercomy (Cercomya) undulata, ? Platymyoidea cf. longa
Cercomy (Cercomya) undulata Sowerby 1827 clam
? Platymyoidea cf. longa Buvignier 1852 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) fidicula, Pholadomya (Pholadomya) multilineata, Pholadomya (Pholadomya) corrugata
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) corrugata Koch and Dunker 1837 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arcticidae indet.
Arcticidae indet. Newton 1891 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Mesomiltha bellona
Mesomiltha bellona d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartidae indet.
Astartidae indet. d'Orbigny 1844 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella (Myophorella) araucana, Quadratojaworskiella pustulata
Quadratojaworskiella pustulata Reyes and Perez 1980 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Myophorigonia aff. neuquensis
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus (Modiolus) lonsdalei, Modiolus (Modiolus) chilensis
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla (Weyla) alata, Weyla (Lywea) unca
Weyla (Weyla) alata von Buch 1838 scallop
Weyla (Lywea) unca Philippi 1899 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma "sp. B"
Plagiostoma "sp. B" Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Gervilleioperna (Gervilletia) turgida
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea (Gryphaea) cf. dumortieri
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Tetrarhynchia tetrahedra, Quadratirhynchia "sp. B"
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula" "sp. A", "Terebratula" "sp. B"
"Terebratula" "sp. A" Müller 1776
"Terebratula" "sp. B" Müller 1776
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp.
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral