Where: Chile (34.3° S, 71.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.4° S, 70.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: La Cueva Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• 3,4 Ma
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone and conglomerate
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: Herm collected 11 specimens, Covacevich & Frassinetti collected 12 specimens
Primary reference: S. N. Nielsen. 2013. A new Pliocene mollusk fauna from Mejillones, northern Chile. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 87(1):33-66 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 142301: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Prisogaster niger Wood 1828 snail | |
Chlorostoma atrum Lesson 1830 top snail | |
Trochita colchaguensis slipper shell | |
Oliva peruviana Lamarck 1811 olive snail | |
Nassarius gayi Kiener 1835 snail | |
Macron escalonia snail | |
Chorus doliaris snail | |
Acanthina unicornis Bruguiére 1789 unicorn | |
Neverita obtectiformis moon snail | |
Chilina sp. Gray 1828 snail | |
Bivalvia | |