Where: Chile (26.5° S, 69.3° W: paleocoordinates 24.5° S, 33.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Aalenian (175.6 - 171.6 Ma)
• (Early) Aalenian
• 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 95663: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 21.04.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pseudolimea cf. roemeri Brauns 1871 file clam | |
Placunopsis radiata Phillips 1829 scallop | |
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) auritus Schlotheim 1813 scallop | |
Propeamussium (Parvamussium) pumilum Lamarck 1819 mud scallop | |
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) fidicula Sowerby 1826 clam | |
Cercomy (Cercomya) undulata Sowerby 1827 clam | |
Gresslya peregrina Phillips 1829 clam |