Cerro Salto del Toro, Atacama (Jurassic of Chile)

Where: Chile (28.4° S, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.4° S, 33.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Aalenian (174.1 - 170.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: M. Aberhan. 1994. Early Jurassic Bivalvia of northern Chile. Part I. Subclasses Palaeotaxodonta, Pteriomorphia, and Isofilibranchia. Beringeria 13:3-115 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58546: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 13.02.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• bivalves only
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae