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

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