Where: Chile (42.1° S, 74.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° S, 68.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: late Early Miocene age, on the basis of molluscan biostratigraphy; Pliocene according to Fleming (1972). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, bentonitic, flat-pebble siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Watters & Fleming
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Watters & Fleming, c. 1970's. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.
Primary reference: T. J. DeVries. 2007. Cenozoic Nacella (Patellogastropoda: Nacellidae) from Peru and Chile: Filling in the gaps. The Veliger 50(4):274-291 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89189: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.05.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
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Acanthina katzi Fleming 1972 unicorn | |
Nacella (Patinigera) nielseni n. sp. DeVries 2007 limpet | |
Bivalvia | |
Amiantis sp. Carpenter 1863 venus clam |