Quebrada El Peñon, Atacama (Jurassic of Chile)

Where: Chile (27.1° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 25.5° S, 32.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Toarcian (182.0 - 175.6 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 95407: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 15.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• anomalodesmatans only
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae