Quebrada La Plata, Atacama (Jurassic of Chile)

Where: Chile (29.1° S, 70.1° W: paleocoordinates 29.7° S, 32.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 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 95440: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 16.04.2010

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Taxonomic list

• bivalves only
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Ctenostreon cf. rugosum Smith 1817 file clam
Plagiostoma "sp. B" Sowerby 1814 file clam