Loc. E, ChiloƩ (Miocene of Chile)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text, but appears to be from shallow marine siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but presumably sIliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified based on figured specimens.

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

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxon described in publication, and associated characteristic taxa. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution taxonomic assignments.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Pseudolividae
Testallium cepa Sowerby 1846 snail
Originally identified as "Chorus aff. blainvillei"
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Acanthina katzi Fleming 1972 unicorn
 Patellida - Nacellidae
Nacella (Patinigera) nielseni n. sp. DeVries 2007 limpet
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Amiantis sp. Carpenter 1863 venus clam