Where: Chile (29.0° S, 70.3° W: paleocoordinates 29.3° S, 32.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite
Collection methods: mechanical
Primary reference: M. Aberhan. 1992. Palokologie und zeitliche Verbreitung benthischer Faunengemeinschaften im Unterjura von Chile. Beringeria 5:1-174 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35437: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 15.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana (Praesaccella) ovum Sowerby 1825 pointed nut clam | |
Chlamys "sp. A" Röding 1798 scallop | |
Gryphaea "sp. A" Lamarck 1801 oyster |