Quebrada Pinte, Profil 6, Sample 3-45: Late/Upper Toarcian, Chile

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Lobothyris subpunctata (Davidson 1851)
2 individuals
synonym of Lobothyris punctata
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonelloidea informal sp. A Buckman 1917
10 individuals
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea (Idonearca) cf. rothi
1 individual
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea sp. Lamarck 1801
41 individuals
Gryphaea (Bilobissa) latior
42 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Actinostreon solitarium (Sowerby 1824)
6 individuals
synonym of Actinostreon gregareum
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Eopecten abjectus
1 individual
Chlamys textoria (Schlotheim 1820)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula informal sp. A Lamarck 1801
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Ctenostreon cf. rugosum (Smith 1817)
6 individuals
original and current combination Ostrea rugosa
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium corneolum (Young and Bird 1828)
2 individuals
recombined as Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte aureliae
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
54 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Gresslya peregrina (Phillips 1829)
2 individuals
original and current combination Unio peregrinus
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya fidicula Sowerby 1826
9 individuals
recombined as Pholadomya (Pholadomya) fidicula
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia stelzneri
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Vaugonia exotica
1 individual
Gastropoda - Naticidae
"Natica" bulimoides
1 individual
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:3-45
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:184 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:33877
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-08-08 04:53:20 Last modified:2017-07-31 19:02:24
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-08 04:53:20
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]