Caleta Patillos (Pleistocene of Chile)

Where: Tarapaca, Chile (20.8° S, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 20.8° S, 70.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• probably Last Interglacial, 96-118 ka (Th/U and ESR dating) from a marine terrace at the same height (12 m a.s.l.) at Playa Blanca (45 km N of Caleta Patillos) (Radtke 1989)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

• mixed assemblage of inter- and subtidal, mainly soft-bottom, high-energy environments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. M. Rivadeneira and E. R. Carmona. 2008. A Late Pleistocene macrobenthic assemblage in Caleta Patillos, northern Chile: paleoecological and paleobiogeographical interpretations. Revista Geologica de Chile 35(1):163-173 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96672: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.06.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polyplacophora
 Chitonida - Chitonidae
Chiton sp. Linnaeus 1758 chiton
Enoplochiton niger Barnes 1824 chiton
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Prisogaster niger Wood 1828 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Tegula luctuosa" = Chlorostoma luctuosum
"Tegula luctuosa" = Chlorostoma luctuosum d'Orbigny 1841 top snail
 Trochoidea - Tegulidae
"Tegula quadricostata" = Cantallocostoma quadricostatum Wood 1828 snail
Tegula tridentata Potiez and Michaud 1838 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789 snail
"Fissurella pulchra" = Fissurella (Fissurella) pulchra Sowerby 1835 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea trochiformis" = Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis, "Crepidula dilatata" = Crepipatella dilatata
"Calyptraea trochiformis" = Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis Gmelin 1791 slipper shell
"Crepidula dilatata" = Crepipatella dilatata Lamarck 1822 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella cingulata" = Incatella cingulata
"Turritella cingulata" = Incatella cingulata Sowerby 1825 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva peruviana Lamarck 1811 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius gayi Kiener 1835 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Mitrella unifasciata" = Alia unifasciata
"Mitrella unifasciata" = Alia unifasciata Sowerby 1832 dovesnail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Concholepas concholepas Bruguiére 1789 murex snail
Crassilabrum crassilabrum Sowerby 1834 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Priene scabrum King 1832 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Echinolittorina peruviana Lamarck 1822 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices uber Valenciennes 1821 moon snail
 Patellida - Lottiidae
"Scurria ceciliana" = Patelloida ceciliana, "Scurria orbignyi" = Lottia orbignyi, Scurria sp., Scurria scurra
"Scurria ceciliana" = Patelloida ceciliana d'Orbigny 1841 limpet
"Scurria orbignyi" = Lottia orbignyi Dall 1909 limpet
Scurria sp. Gray 1847 limpet
Scurria scurra Lesson 1830 limpet
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris ovatus" = Glycymeris ovata
"Glycymeris ovatus" = Glycymeris ovata Stanton 1895 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Choromytilus chorus, "Aulacomya ater" = Aulacomya atra
Choromytilus chorus Molina 1782 mussel
"Aulacomya ater" = Aulacomya atra Molina 1782 mussel
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet., "Venus antiqua" = Ameghinomya antiqua, "Protothaca thaca" = Leukoma thaca
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
"Venus antiqua" = Ameghinomya antiqua King 1832 venus clam
"Protothaca thaca" = Leukoma thaca Molina 1782 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae
Mesodesma donacium Lamarck 1818 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia edulis King 1831 clam
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus dombeii Lamarck 1818 clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele solida Gray 1828 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana cuneata Sowerby 1833 pointed nut clam
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
"Balanus cf. flosculus" = Notobalanus flosculus Darwin 1853 barnacle
Echinoidea
 Arbacioida -
cf. Tetrapygus niger Molina 1782 sea urchin