Quebrada Pinte, Profil 5, Sample 4-150 B2 (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: 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

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
"Pinna cf. radiata" = Pinna (Pinna) radiata
"Pinna cf. radiata" = Pinna (Pinna) radiata Munster 1837 oyster
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Weyla alata von Buch 1838 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pachymya rotundocaudata Leanza 1942 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Mesomiltha bellona d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Myophorella araucana Leanza 1942 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica" sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail