Where: Chile (27.7° S, 69.5° W: paleocoordinates 26.1° S, 32.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Toarcian (182.0 - 175.6 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,
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 95429: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 16.04.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus (Modiolus) gerthi Damborenea 1987 mussel | |
Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam
Pseudolimea cf. roemeri Brauns 1871 file clam | |
Propeamussium (Parvamussium) pumilum Lamarck 1819 mud scallop | |
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) fidicula Sowerby 1826 clam |