Where: Chile (24.8° S, 69.1° W: paleocoordinates 30.2° S, 31.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: mechanical,
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 95538: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 18.04.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Gryphaea (Gryphaea) darwini oyster | |
Agerchlamys wunschae Marwick 1953 scallop | |
Antiquilima (Antiquilima) sp. Cox 1943 file clam
Pseudolimea hettangiensis Terquem 1855 file clam |