Quebrada El Asiento, Profil 2, Sample 2-80 B2 (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 33887: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 08.08.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp.
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
"Andenipora liasica" = Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) liasica
"Andenipora liasica" = Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) liasica Gerth 1926 demosponge
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula" "sp. B"
"Terebratula" "sp. B" Müller 1776
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Tetrarhynchia tetrahedra
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp., Modiolus baylei, Modiolus (Modiolus) chilensis, Modiolus cf. scalprum, Modiolus giganteus
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
Modiolus cf. scalprum Sowerby 1821 mussel
Modiolus giganteus Quenstedt 1857 mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea cf. dumortieri
Gryphaea cf. dumortieri Joly 1907 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
"Pinna cf. radiata" = Pinna (Pinna) radiata
"Pinna cf. radiata" = Pinna (Pinna) radiata Munster 1837 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillella araucana
Gervillella araucana Damborenea 1987 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys textoria
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla (Weyla) alata
Weyla (Weyla) alata von Buch 1838 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
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Mesomiltha bellona
Mesomiltha bellona d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arcticidae indet.
Arcticidae indet. Newton 1891 clam
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
? Platymyoidea cf. longa
? Platymyoidea cf. longa Buvignier 1852 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) multilineata, Pholadomya (Pholadomya) corrugata, Pholadomya (Pholadomya) fidicula, Goniomya (Goniomya) asientosensis
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) corrugata Koch and Dunker 1837 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella (Myophorella) araucana
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
? Nerinella sp.
? Nerinella sp. Sharpe 1849 snail