Carta Geológica 96, Locality 3: Pliocene, Chile

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae
Magellania sp. Bayle 1880
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Thaisidae
Chorus blainvillei
Chorus sp. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Concholepas sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys vidali
Chlamys hupeanus (Philippi 1887)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia alternans
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897
Ostrea transitoria Hupé 1854
recombined as Crassostrea transitoria
Ostrea cf. transitoria Hupé 1854
recombined as Crassostrea transitoria
Ostrea ferrarisi d'Orbigny 1842
synonym of Crassostrea patagonica
Ostrea spp.
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778
see common names

Geography
Country:Chile State/province:Coquimbo
Coordinates: 30.1° South, 71.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.3° South, 70.3° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Formación Coquimbo
Stratigraphy comments: Formación Coquimbo (Mioceno- Pleistoceno)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination lithified sandy sandstone
Lithology description: a) Areniscas finas limosas, dinas laminadas, amalgamadas finas a gruesas, muy gruesas de guijarros con bioclastos y escasas diatomitas. b)Calizas bioclásticas matriz soportadas (bio) clastosoportadas minoritarias. Se intercalan areniscas bioclásticas finas a gruesas.
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:222344
Authorizer:M. Rivadeneira Enterer:S. Araya
Created:2021-09-21 08:38:18 Last modified:2021-09-21 08:38:18
Access level:the public Released:2021-09-21 08:38:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

78145. C. Emparan C and G. Pineda F. 2006. Geología del Área de Adacollo-Puerto Aldea, Región de Coquimbo, Carta No. 96. [M. Rivadeneira/S. Araya]