Quebrada Chanchoquin, Atacama (Jurassic of Chile)

Where: Chile (28.8° S, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 28.2° S, 32.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with silica

Collection methods: mechanical, acetic,

Primary reference: M. Aberhan. 2004. Early Jurassic Bivalvia of northern Chile. Part II. Subclass Anomalodesmata. Beringeria 34:117-154 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58538: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 13.02.2006

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Taxonomic list

• anomalodesmatans only
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae