Quebrada Chanchoquin, Atacama: Early/Lower Toarcian, Chile

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) multilineata (Gabb 1870)
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:Chile
Coordinates: 28.8° South, 70.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.2° South, 32.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Early/Lower Toarcian
Age range of interval:184.20000 - 182.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
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
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,acetic,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:anomalodesmatans only
Metadata
Database number:58538
Authorizer:M. Aberhan Enterer:S. Nurnberg
Modifier:S. Nurnberg Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-02-13 02:29:45 Last modified:2010-04-20 02:39:16
Access level:the public Released:2006-02-13 02:29:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

32394. M. Aberhan. 2004. Early Jurassic Bivalvia of northern Chile. Part II. Subclass Anomalodesmata. Beringeria 34:117-154 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]