Where: Argentina (54.8° S, 68.3° W: paleocoordinates 54.8° S, 68.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Holocene sediments. AGE: Holocene, 1,400 +/- 300 yrs BP (Urien, 1968).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, fine-grained, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: bulk,
• COLLECTORS: The authors: Gordillo, Coronato and Rabassa (2002). REPOSITORY: Quaternary mollusc collection from Tierra del Fuego (TDF-Q) at the Centro de Investigaciones Paleobiológicas (CIPAL), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina.
Primary reference: S. Gordillo, A. M. J. Coronato, and J. O. Rabassa. 2005. Quaternary molluscan faunas from the island of Tierra de Fuega after the Last Glacial Maximum. Scientia Marina 69(2):337-348 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71604: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Trochita pileus Lamarck 1822 slipper shell | |
Laevilitorina caliginosa Gould 1850 periwinkle | |
? Capulus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 mussel | |
Cyamium sp. Philippi 1845 clam | |
Neolepton sp. Monterosato 1875 clam | |
"Protothaca antiqua" = Ameghinomya antiqua
"Protothaca antiqua" = Ameghinomya antiqua King 1832 venus clam | |
Ensis macha Molina 1782 clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam |