Quebrada Pinte, Profil 6, Sample 3-43: Late/Upper Toarcian, Chile

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Lobothyris subpunctata (Davidson 1851)
5 individuals
synonym of Lobothyris punctata
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonelloidea informal sp. A Buckman 1917
1 individual
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus baylei
6 individuals
Modiolus imbricatus (Sowerby 1818)
2 individuals
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Modiolus giganteus Quenstedt 1857
6 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801
1 individual
Gryphaea (Bilobissa) latior
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. folium Young and Bird 1822
6 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma informal sp. B Sowerby 1814
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte aureliae
1 individual
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Mesomiltha bellona d'Orbigny 1850
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
39 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Gresslya peregrina (Phillips 1829)
42 individuals
original and current combination Unio peregrinus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Cercomya undulata Sowerby 1827
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya fidicula Sowerby 1826
28 individuals
recombined as Pholadomya (Pholadomya) fidicula
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Vaugonia exotica
3 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:Chile
Coordinates: 29.0° South, 70.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.4° South, 33.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Toarcian
Age range of interval:180.40000 - 174.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Quebrada Pinte Local bed:3-43
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic"
Environment:open shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:back-arc basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,original calcite,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical
Collection size:146 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:33875
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-08-08 04:51:51 Last modified:2017-07-31 18:59:32
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-08 04:51:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

487. M. Aberhan. 1992. Palokologie und zeitliche Verbreitung benthischer Faunengemeinschaften im Unterjura von Chile. Beringeria 5:1-174 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]