Carta geologica 116, Locality 12: Valanginian, Chile

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789
Rutitrigonia agrioensis (Weaver 1931)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Anditrigonia aff. eximia
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Steinmannella ex gr. transitoria
    = Steinmanella ex gr. transitoria Steinmann 1881
Novack-Gottshall 2025
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Isocardia aff. koeneni
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya gigantea (Sowerby 1836)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Eriphyla argentina Burckh and Weaver 1907
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Spiticeras sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Acanthodiscus sp. Uhlig 1905
unclassified
Cilindrites indet.
Coelenterata indet. Hatschek 1888
see common names

Geography
Country:Chile State/province:Coquimbo
Coordinates: 30.9° South, 70.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.3° South, 35.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Valanginian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 1
Key time interval: Valanginian
Age range of interval: 139.8 - 132.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Rio Tascadero
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:221559
Authorizer:M. Rivadeneira, P. Novack-Gottshall Enterer:Y. Hernández, P. Novack-Gottshall
Created:2021-08-12 17:16:53 Last modified:2021-08-12 17:16:53
Access level:the public Released:2021-08-12 17:16:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
77603. G. Pineda and M. Calderón. 2008. Geología del Área Monte Patria-El Maqui, Región de Coquimbo. [M. Rivadeneira/J. Villafana]

Secondary references:

83144 P.M. Novack-Gottshall. 2025. Miscellaneous PBDB housekeeping opinions, mostly to link duplicate genera in Sepkoski's Genus Compendium (2002). [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]