Quebrada El Asiento, Profil 2, Sample 2-81 B3: Late/Upper Pliensbachian, Chile

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
1 individual
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Tubiferidae
Striactaeonina transatlantica
3 individuals
Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae
"Pleurotomaria" informal sp. A Defrance 1826
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Amberleya cf. americana
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
? Platymyoidea cf. longa (Buvignier 1852)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Goniomya (Goniomya) asientosensis n. sp. Aberhan 2004
2 individuals
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) fidicula (Sowerby 1826)
12 individuals
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) multilineata (Gabb 1870)
11 individuals
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) corrugata (Koch and Dunker 1837)
23 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813
16 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arcticidae indet. Newton 1891
5 individuals
Anisocardia informal sp. A Munier-Chalmas 1863
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
"Isocardia" liasina
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia striatula Sowerby 1829
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Mesomiltha bellona d'Orbigny 1850
31 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae
Cardinia andium (Giebel 1861)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae
Myophorella (Myophorella) araucana (Leanza 1942)
16 individuals
Vaugonia exotica
1 individual
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Laevitrigoniidae
Quadratojaworskiella pustulata (Reyes and Perez 1980)
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Myophorigonia aff. neuquensis
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
3 individuals
Modiolus (Modiolus) chilensis
4 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Weyla (Weyla) titan Moricke 1894
2 individuals
Weyla (Weyla) alata (von Buch 1838)
45 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma informal sp. B Sowerby 1814
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula informal sp. A Lamarck 1801
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium corneolum (Young and Bird 1828)
39 individuals
recombined as Entolium (Entolium) corneolum
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillaria pallas (Leanza 1942)
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida
Pteriacea indet. Gray 1847
1 individual
replaced by Pterioidea
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. radiata Munster 1837
4 individuals
recombined as Pinna (Pinna) radiata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
? Nanogyra cf. auricularis (Munster 1833)
3 individuals
Gryphaea (Gryphaea) cf. dumortieri Joly 1907
30 individuals
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon groeberi Damborenea 1987
1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Tetrarhynchia tetrahedra (Sowerby 1812)
8 individuals
Quadratirhynchia informal sp. B Buckman 1917
7 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula" informal sp. A Müller 1776
13 individuals
"Terebratula" informal sp. B Müller 1776
11 individuals
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821
9 individuals
Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Andenipora liasica Gerth 1926
1 individual
recombined as Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) liasica
see common names

Geography
Country:Chile
Coordinates: 26.5° South, 69.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.7° South, 32.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Pliensbachian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 2
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pliensbachian
Age range of interval:192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Quebrada El Asiento Local bed:2-81 B3
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
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical
Collection size:332 individuals
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:33890
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-08-08 06:12:20 Last modified:2017-07-31 19:04:00
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-08 06:12:20
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]