Tome, near Concepcion: Late Maastrichtian, Chile
collected by Charles Darwin
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Nautilus dorbignyanus n. sp.
Forbes 1846
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Geography
| Country: | Chile |
| Coordinates: | 36.6° South, 73.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.6° South, 60.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.1 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Quiriquina |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collectors: | Charles Darwin |
Metadata
| Database number: | 165538 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | K. Okamoto |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-01-21 17:10:39 | Last modified: | 2021-04-15 11:01:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-01-21 17:10:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54113. | S. N. Nielsen and C. Salazar. 2011. Eutrephoceras subplicatum (Steinmann, 1895) is a junior synonym of Eutrephoceras dorbignyanum (Forbes in Darwin, 1846) (Cephalopoda, Nautiloidea) from the Maastrichtian Quiriquina Formation of Chile. Cretaceous Research 32(6):833-840 [M. Clapham/K. Okamoto] |