Río Jorquera, Atacama (Jurassic of Chile)

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

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Taxonomic list

• bivalves only
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus (Modiolus) gerthi Damborenea 1987 mussel
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma giganteum Sowerby 1814 file clam
Pseudolimea cf. roemeri Brauns 1871 file clam
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium (Parvamussium) pumilum Lamarck 1819 mud scallop
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae