Where: Chile (27.3° S, 69.7° W: paleocoordinates 25.3° S, 33.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bredyia manflasensis ammonoid zone, Opalinum (175.6 - 171.6 Ma)
• group of beds-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,
• collected since 1966
Primary reference: E. Pérez, M. Aberhan, R. Reyes and A. Hillebrandt. 2008. Early Jurassic Bivalvia of northern Chile. Part III. Order Trigonioida. Beringeria 39:51-102 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 95070: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 06.04.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Groeberella neuquensis Groeber 1924 clam | |
Trigonia "sp. 3" Bruguière 1789 clam
Neuquenitrigonia huenickeni Leanza and Garate 1985 clam | |
Scaphorella susanae n. sp. Pérez et al. 2008 clam
Myophorella (Myophorella) "sp. 1" Bayle 1878 clam |