Navidad Fm: Matanzas (Miocene of Chile)

Where: Chile (34.0° S, 71.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° S, 66.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Navidad Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, sandy siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the SGOPV, SMF

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), chemical, sieve,

Primary reference: S. N. Nielsen, D. Frassinetti, and K. Bandel. 2004. Miocene Vetigastropoda and Neritimorpha (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of central Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 17:73-88 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46977: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Patrick Wall on 28.01.2005, edited by Loic Villier and Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Tegula (Chlorostoma) chilena n. sp." = Chlorostoma chilena, "Tegula (Chlorostoma) matanzensis n. sp." = Chlorostoma matanzensis, Fagnastesia venefica n. gen. n. sp., Diloma miocenica n. sp., Gibbula poeppigii n. sp., Calliostoma kleppi n. sp.
"Tegula (Chlorostoma) chilena n. sp." = Chlorostoma chilena Nielsen et al. 2004 top snail
"Tegula (Chlorostoma) matanzensis n. sp." = Chlorostoma matanzensis Nielsen et al. 2004 top snail
Fagnastesia venefica n. gen. n. sp. top snail
Diloma miocenica n. sp. top snail
Gibbula poeppigii n. sp. top snail
Calliostoma kleppi n. sp. top snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Crassicymatium crassicordatum n. gen. n. sp.1 Beu 2010 triton shell
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida -
Cidaroida indet.2 Claus 1880 pencil urchin
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster sp.2 Agassiz 1835 heart urchin
Holothuroidea
 Apodida - Chiridotidae
Chiridotidae indet.2 Ostergren 1898 sea cucumber
Ophiuroidea
 Ophiacanthida - Ophiodermatidae
Ophiodermatidae indet.2 Ljungman 1867 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
Ophiomusium sp.2 Lyman 1869 brittle star
 Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Ophiura sp.2 Lamarck 1801 brittle star
Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Astropectinidae indet.2 Gray 1840 sea star
Astropecten sp.2 Gray 1840 sea star