Where: Chile (28.9° S, 70.4° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° S, 32.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)
• ?Pliensbachian
• 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 95540: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 18.04.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Ctenostreon cf. rugosum Smith 1817 file clam | |
Entolium (Entolium) corneolum Young and Bird 1828 scallop | |
Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop |