Where: Uruguay (34.0° S, 58.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° S, 58.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chuy Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• MIS 5a
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Rojas, M. Demicheli, and S. A. Martínez. 2018. Taphonomy of the Late Pleistocene marine molluscan assemblages from Uruguay. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 289(2):217-235 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 195928: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 31.08.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Epitonium albidum Orbigny 1842 wentletrap
Epitonium georgettinum Kiener 1838 wentletrap | |
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Finella dubia d'Orbigny 1840 snail | |
"Buccinanops globulosus" = Bullia (Buccinanops)
"Buccinanops globulosus" = Bullia (Buccinanops) snail | |
Parvanachis sp. Radwin 1968 snail | |
"Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma
"Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail | |
Littoraria flava King 1832 periwinkle | |
Heleobia cf. australis d'Orbigny 1837 snail | |
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Acteocina candei, "Cylichnella bidentata" = Acteocina bidentata
Acteocina candei d'Orbigny 1841 barrel-bubble
"Cylichnella bidentata" = Acteocina bidentata d'Orbigny 1841 barrel-bubble | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea equestris Say 1834 oyster | |
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel | |
Bushia rushii Pilsbry 1897 clam | |
Cyrtopleura sp. Tryon 1862 clam | |
"Corbula caribaea" = Caryocorbula caribaea d'Orbigny 1845 clam
Erodona mactroides Daudin 1802 clam
Corbula lyoni Pilsbry 1897 clam | |
Anomalocardia brasiliana Gmelin 1792 venus clam | |
Mactra isabelleana dOrbigny 1846 clam | |
Tagelus plebeius Lightfoot 1786 clam | |
Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Tellina gibber Ihering 1907 tellin clam
Macoma constricta Bruguière 1792 tellin clam
Macoma uruguayensis Smith 1885 tellin clam | |
"Nucula semiornata" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) semiornata
"Nucula semiornata" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) semiornata d'Orbigny 1846 nut clam |