Quebrada El Asiento, Profil 2, Sample 2-80 B1 (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 33886: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 08.08.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Filograna socialis
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
? Nerinella sp.
? Nerinella sp. Sharpe 1849 snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Pholadomya corrugata" = Pholadomya (Pholadomya) corrugata
"Pholadomya corrugata" = Pholadomya (Pholadomya) corrugata Koch and Dunker 1837 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arcticidae indet. n. gen. n. sp.
Arcticidae indet. n. gen. n. sp. Newton 1891 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Mesomiltha bellona
Mesomiltha bellona d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
"Trigonia inexspectata" = Frenguelliella inexspectata
"Trigonia inexspectata" = Frenguelliella inexspectata Jaworski 1916 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp., Modiolus baylei
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla titan, Weyla alata
Weyla titan Moricke 1894 scallop
Weyla alata von Buch 1838 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys textoria
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Ctenostreon wrighti" = Ctenostreon rugosum, Plagiostoma "sp. A", Plagiostoma sp.
"Ctenostreon wrighti" = Ctenostreon rugosum Smith 1817 file clam
Plagiostoma "sp. A" Sowerby 1814 file clam
sp. A
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
sp. B
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula "sp. A"
Plicatula "sp. A" Lamarck 1801 scallop
sp. A
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia waltoni, Gervillella araucana
Bakevellia waltoni Lycett 1863 oyster
Gervillella araucana Damborenea 1987 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
"Pinna cf. radiata" = Pinna (Pinna) radiata
"Pinna cf. radiata" = Pinna (Pinna) radiata Munster 1837 oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon costatum
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea cf. dumortieri
Gryphaea cf. dumortieri Joly 1907 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Tetrarhynchia tetrahedra, Quadratirhynchia sp.
Quadratirhynchia sp. Buckman 1917
sp. B
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula" sp.
"Terebratula" sp. Müller 1776
sp. B
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea cf. salinensis, Montlivaltia sp.
Isastrea cf. salinensis Koby 1885 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
"Andenipora liasica" = Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) liasica
"Andenipora liasica" = Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) liasica Gerth 1926 demosponge