Rio Ovando, Tierra del Fuego (Holocene of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (54.9° S, 68.6° W: paleocoordinates 54.9° S, 68.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Holocene sediments. AGE: Holocene, 4,160 +/- 45 yrs BP (Coronato et al. 1999).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, coarse-grained, pebbly sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine; semi-infaunal community.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Coarse pebbly sand. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified

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 71603: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.04.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhasutive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Modern nomenclature with species level assignments.
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Heterobranchia - Omalogyridae
Omalogyra antarctica Egorova 1991 snail
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
Cirsonella sp. Angas 1877 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789 snail
 Lepetellida - Scissurellidae
Scissurella ? timora Melvill and Standen 1912 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Savatieria frigida Rochebrune and Mabille 1885 true whelk
Pareuthria sp. Strebel 1905 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Fuegotrophon pallidus" = Trophon pallidus, Xymenopsis buccinea
"Fuegotrophon pallidus" = Trophon pallidus Broderip and Sowerby 1833 murex snail
Xymenopsis buccinea Lamarck 1816 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Laevilitorina caliginosa Gould 1850 periwinkle
 Heterostropha - Orbitestellidae
? Microdiscula sp. Thiele 1912 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla smithi Pfeffer 1905 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Philobryidae
Philobrya ? sublaevis Pelseneer 1903 clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Aulacomya atra Molina 1782 mussel
SUBSPECIES: A. atra atra
 Cardiida - Cyamiidae
Cyamium sp. Philippi 1845 clam
 Cardiida - Neoleptonidae
Neolepton sp. Monterosato 1875 clam
 Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Lasaea sp. Brown 1827 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Retrotapes exalbidus" = Retrotapes exalbida, Tawera gayi
"Retrotapes exalbidus" = Retrotapes exalbida Dillwyn 1817 venus clam
Tawera gayi venus clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Carditida - Condylocardiidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Linucula pisum Sowerby 1833 nut clam
COMMENTS: Mispelt "Linnucula"
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Tindariopsis sulculata Couthouy 1852 clam
COMMENTS: Spelt: "Tyndariopsis"