Quebrada Quinchamalí: Neocomian, Chile

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Otostoma sp. d'Archaic 1859
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigoniidae indet. Lamarck 1819
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Myophorella hillebrandti
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824
?
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arcticidae indet. Newton 1891
Anisocardia sp. Munier-Chalmas 1863
?
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaeidae indet. Vialov 1936
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia sp. Defrance 1820
?
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
see common names

Geography
Country:Chile State/province:Copiapó County:Tierra Amarilla
Coordinates: 27.3° South, 69.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.4° South, 34.1° West
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1-2
Key time interval:Neocomian
Age range of interval:145.00000 - 125.77000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Quebrada Monardes
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandy conglomerate
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: Esta unidad está integrada, esencialmente, por areniscas, areniscas conglomerádicas y conglomerados de color rojizo, con intercalaciones de calizas, alcanzando un espesor máximo delorden de 1.300 m en su localidad tipo.
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
Also known as:Formación Quebrada Monardes
Database number:224016
Authorizer:M. Rivadeneira Enterer:M. González Tejos
Modifier:M. González Tejos Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2022-01-01 16:13:40 Last modified:2022-08-03 11:48:19
Access level:the public Released:2022-01-01 16:13:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

78980. V. Covacevich. 1985. Nueva localidad para Myophorella (M) hillebrandti Reyes y Perez en el norte de Chile: significado cronológico y paleobiogeográfico. Revista Geológica de Chile 24:103-106 [M. Rivadeneira/M. González Tejos/M. González Tejos]