Carta Geológica 96, Locality 7: Pleistocene - Holocene, Chile

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Acanthina unicornis (Bruguiére 1789)
Crassilabrum crassilabrum (Sowerby 1834)
see common names

Geography
Country:Chile State/province:Coquimbo County:Tongoy
Coordinates: 30.2° South, 71.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.3° South, 71.2° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene - Holocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Pleistocene - Holocene
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 0 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Formación Coquimbo
Stratigraphy comments: Formación Coquimbo (Mioceno-Pleistoceno)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified silty sandstone
Lithology description: a) Areniscas finas limosas, dinas laminadas, amalgamadas finas a gruesas, muy gruesas de guijarros con bioclastos y escasas diatomitas. b)Calizas bioclásticas matriz soportadas (bio) clastosoportadas minoritarias. Se intercalan areniscas bioclásticas finas a gruesas.
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
Database number:222351
Authorizer:M. Rivadeneira Enterer:S. Araya
Modifier:S. Araya
Created:2021-09-21 11:51:38 Last modified:2021-09-21 11:58:09
Access level:the public Released:2021-09-21 11:51:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
78145. C. Emparan C and G. Pineda F. 2006. Geología del Área de Adacollo-Puerto Aldea, Región de Coquimbo, Carta No. 96. [M. Rivadeneira/S. Araya]