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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) multilineata Gabb 1870 clam
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) corrugata Koch and Dunker 1837 clam | |
Ctenostreon cf. rugosum Smith 1817 file clam
Plagiostoma "sp. B" Sowerby 1814 file clam |