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: Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite
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 35433: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 15.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Rudirhynchia aff. rudis Buckman 1917 | |
Tetrarhynchia tetrahedra Sowerby 1812 | |
Bivalvia | |
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
Gryphaea (Bilobissa) latior oyster | |
"Pinna cf. radiata" = Pinna (Pinna) radiata
"Pinna cf. radiata" = Pinna (Pinna) radiata Munster 1837 oyster | |
Weyla alata von Buch 1838 scallop | |
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop | |
Cardinia andium clam | |
Pachymya rotundocaudata Leanza 1942 clam | |
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle | |
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam | |
Mesomiltha bellona d'Orbigny 1850 clam | |
Myophorella araucana Leanza 1942 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Natica" sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail |