Salar de Pedernales, Profil 1, Sample 6-1: Early/Lower Pliensbachian, Chile
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Terebratulidae
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"Terebratula" informal sp. B
Müller 1776
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1 individual | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus baylei
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1 individual | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes auritus
(Schlotheim 1813)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Weyla alata
(von Buch 1838)
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35 individuals | ||||||
| recombined as Weyla (Weyla) alata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Plagiostoma informal sp. B
Sowerby 1814
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Placunopsis radiata
(Phillips 1829)
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Entolium corneolum
(Young and Bird 1828)
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36 individuals | ||||||
| recombined as Entolium (Entolium) corneolum | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Gervillaria alaeformis
(Sowerby 1819)
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1 individual | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna cf. radiata
Munster 1837
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1 individual | ||||||
| recombined as Pinna (Pinna) radiata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Arcticidae indet.
Newton 1891
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya (Pholadomya) fidicula
(Sowerby 1826)
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2 individuals | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Mesomiltha bellona
d'Orbigny 1850
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4 individuals | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Laevitrigoniidae
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Trigonia inexspectata
Jaworski 1916
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1 individual | ||||||
| recombined as Frenguelliella inexspectata | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montlivaltiidae
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Montlivaltia sp.
Lamouroux 1821
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3 individuals | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Chile |
| Coordinates: | 26.3° South, 69.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 26.5° 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: | Early/Lower Pliensbachian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Salar de Pedernales | Local bed: | 6-1 |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone | ||
| 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: | 92 individuals |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 35452 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-12-16 01:15:40 | Last modified: | 2017-08-01 18:59:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-12-16 01:15:40 |
| 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] |