Where: Chile (27.1° S, 69.2° W: paleocoordinates 25.1° S, 32.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Aalenian (175.6 - 171.6 Ma)
• bed-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. 2004. Early Jurassic Bivalvia of northern Chile. Part II. Subclass Anomalodesmata. Beringeria 34:117-154 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 95405: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 15.04.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam |