Carta Geológica 96, Locality 11: Pliocene - Pleistocene, Chile
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Monoceros sp.
Lamarck 1809
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Incatella cingulata
(Sowerby 1825)
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Gastropoda
- Tegulidae
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Tegula sp.
Lesson 1835
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia sp.
Gray 1837
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Venus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | Chile | State/province: | Coquimbo | County: | Tongoy |
| Coordinates: | 30.3° South, 71.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.4° South, 70.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene - Quaternary | Epoch: | Pliocene - Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene - Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Formación Coquimbo | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Formación Coquimbo (Mioceno-Pleistoceno) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination lithified silty sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | calcareous "limestone" |
| 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: | 222357 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Rivadeneira | Enterer: | S. Araya |
| Created: | 2021-09-21 14:10:17 | Last modified: | 2021-09-21 14:10:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-09-21 14:10:17 |
| 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] |