Where: Chile (26.2° S, 70.5° W: paleocoordinates 30.6° S, 32.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 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,
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 95103: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 06.04.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pleuromya galathea Agassiz 1842 clam | |
Weyla (? Weyla) sp. Boehm 1922 scallop | |
"Chlamys (Chlamys) valoniensis" = Praechlamys valoniensis
"Chlamys (Chlamys) valoniensis" = Praechlamys valoniensis Defrance 1825 scallop |