Where: Argentina (45.7° S, 67.5° W: paleocoordinates 46.5° S, 61.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Chenque Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From upper beds of the Chenque Fm, which unconformably overlies the Gran Barranca Mbr. THICKNESS: From multiple beds within formation that reaches a thickness of ~150 m. AGE: Early Miocene according to molluscan biostratigraphy. Assigned to the Early Miocene based on the the recognition of the upper JR assemblage (Late Oligocene-Early Miocene). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From two beds in the uppermost part of the formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: List includes both new collections by the author, and examination of museum and previously reported taxa. REPOSITORY: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernadino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Primary reference: C. J. del Rio. 2004. Tertiary Marine Molluscan Assemblages of Eastern Patagonia (Argentina): A Biostratigraphic Analysis. Journal of Paleontology 78(6):1097-1122 [L. Ivany/P. Wall/P. Wall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71427: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Limopsis insolita Sowerby 1846 clam | |
Cubitostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster
Crassostrea hatcheri Ihering 1899 oyster | |
Pinna (Atrina) magellanica Ihering 1907 oyster | |
""Chlamys" jorgensis" = Chlamys (Zygochlamys) jorgensis, "Chlamys" puntana
""Chlamys" jorgensis" = Chlamys (Zygochlamys) jorgensis Ihering 1907 scallop
"Chlamys" puntana scallop | |
""Cardium" puelchum" = Trachycardium puelchum
""Cardium" puelchum" = Trachycardium puelchum Sowerby 1846 cockle | |
Pitar julianum, Ameghinomya argentina, Ameghinomya darwini, "Chione" eupyga, "Chione" casa, "Chione" patagonica, Retrotapes scutata
Pitar julianum venus clam
Ameghinomya argentina Ihering 1897 venus clam
Ameghinomya darwini Philippi 1887 venus clam
"Chione" eupyga Ihering 1907 venus clam
"Chione" casa Ihering 1907 venus clam
"Chione" patagonica Philippi 1887 venus clam
Retrotapes scutata venus clam | |
Crassatella kokeni clam | |
"Fasciculicardia inaequalis" = Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia)
"Fasciculicardia inaequalis" = Glyptoactis (Fasciculicardia) clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cirsotrema rugulosa wentletrap | |
Crepidula gregaria slipper shell
"Calyptraea" pileus Lamarck 1822 slipper shell | |
Penion subrecta true whelk | |
""Hadriana" jorgensis" = Hadriania
""Hadriana" jorgensis" = Hadriania murex snail | |
Struthiolarella ornata snail | |
""Polynices" secunda" = Polinices
""Polynices" secunda" = Polinices moon snail | |
"Turritella" ambulacrum Sowerby 1846 turret shell |