Where: Chile (29.1° S, 70.1° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 32.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Toarcian (182.0 - 175.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with silica
Collection methods: mechanical, acetic,
Primary reference: M. Aberhan. 2004. Early Jurassic Bivalvia of northern Chile. Part II. Subclass Anomalodesmata. Beringeria 34:117-154 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 95441: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 16.04.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pholadomya (Pholadomya) fidicula Sowerby 1826 clam | |
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam |