Quebrada La Totora, Profil 4, Sample 5-6 (Jurassic of Chile)

Where: Chile (28.7° S, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° S, 33.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aalenian (174.1 - 170.3 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 35451: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 16.12.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eopecten abjectus, Chlamys textoria
Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma "sp. B", Ctenostreon cf. rugosum, Pseudolimea cf. roemeri
Plagiostoma "sp. B" Sowerby 1814 file clam
Ctenostreon cf. rugosum Smith 1817 file clam
Pseudolimea cf. roemeri Brauns 1871 file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
"Entolium corneolum" = Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. folium
Pinna cf. folium Young and Bird 1822 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Gervilleioperna aurita
Gervilleioperna aurita Aberhan and von Hillebrandt 1996 oyster
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Actinostreon solitarium" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) cf. rothi
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus baylei, Modiolus giganteus
Modiolus giganteus Quenstedt 1857 mussel
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya (Goniomya) asientosensis, "Pholadomya fidicula" = Pholadomya (Pholadomya) fidicula
"Pholadomya fidicula" = Pholadomya (Pholadomya) fidicula Sowerby 1826 clam
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Cercomya undulata
Cercomya undulata Sowerby 1827 clam
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Gresslya peregrina
Gresslya peregrina Phillips 1829 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829 cockle
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha cf. neuquena
Myoconcha cf. neuquena Leanza 1940 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Mesomiltha bellona
Mesomiltha bellona d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte aureliae
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia andium
Cardinia andium Giebel 1861 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Vaugonia "sp. B", "Jaworskiella pustulata" = Quadratojaworskiella pustulata
Vaugonia "sp. B" Crickmay 1930 clam
"Jaworskiella pustulata" = Quadratojaworskiella pustulata Reyes and Perez 1980 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia stelzneri
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonelloidea "sp. A"
 Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
"Lobothyris subpunctata" = Lobothyris punctata
"Lobothyris subpunctata" = Lobothyris punctata Sowerby 1812