Where: Uruguay (33.9° S, 53.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° S, 53.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chuy Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• MIS 5a
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Rojas, M. Demicheli, and S. A. Martínez. 2018. Taphonomy of the Late Pleistocene marine molluscan assemblages from Uruguay. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 289(2):217-235 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 195933: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 31.08.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Musculus sp. Roding 1798 mussel | |
Mytilidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 mussel
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel | |
Noetia bisulcata Lamarck 1819 clam | |
Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark | |
Ostrea equestris Say 1834 oyster | |
Atrina seminuda Lamarck 1819 oyster | |
Aequipecten tehuelchus d'Orbigny 1842 scallop | |
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Limaria sp. Link 1807 file clam | |
Crassinella lunulata Conrad 1834 clam | |
Sphenia fragilis Adams and Adams 1854 softshell clam | |
"Corbula caribaea" = Caryocorbula caribaea
"Corbula caribaea" = Caryocorbula caribaea d'Orbigny 1845 clam | |
Laevicardium sp., "Trachycardium muricatum" = Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle
"Trachycardium muricatum" = Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Semele proficua Pulteney 1799 clam
Abra uruguayensis Pilsbry 1897 abra
Ervilia concentrica Holmes 1858 clam | |
Tagelus plebeius Lightfoot 1786 clam | |
Merisca martinicensis dOrbigny 1853 tellin clam
Macoma uruguayensis Smith 1885 tellin clam
Tellina gibber Ihering 1907 tellin clam | |
Phlyctiderma semiaspera Philippi 1836 clam | |
Veneridae indet., Anomalocardia brasiliana, Chione subsrostrata, Pitar rostratus, Pitar cf. palmeri, Gouldia cerina, Cyclinella tenuis
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Anomalocardia brasiliana Gmelin 1792 venus clam
Chione subsrostrata venus clam
Pitar rostratus Koch 1943 venus clam
Pitar cf. palmeri Fisher-Piette and Testud 1967 venus clam
Gouldia cerina Adams 1845 venus clam
Cyclinella tenuis Récluz 1852 venus clam | |
Mactra isabelleana dOrbigny 1846 clam | |
Anatina anatina Spengler 1802 clam | |
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam | |
Cardiomya sp. Adams 1864 clam | |
Bushia rushii Pilsbry 1897 clam | |
Nuculana decora Adams 1856 pointed nut clam | |
"Nucula semiornata" = Nucula (Lamellinucula) semiornata d'Orbigny 1846 nut clam
Ennucula puelcha d'Orbigny 1842 nut clam
Ennucula uruguayensis Smith 1880 nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Diodora patagonica dOrbigny 1839 snail
Lucapinella henseli Martens 1900 snail | |
"Tegula patagonica" = Agathistoma patagonicum
"Tegula patagonica" = Agathistoma patagonicum d'Orbigny 1835 snail | |
Acteocina candei, "Cylichnella bidentata" = Acteocina bidentata
Acteocina candei d'Orbigny 1841 barrel-bubble
"Cylichnella bidentata" = Acteocina bidentata d'Orbigny 1841 barrel-bubble | |
Boonea seminuda Adams 1839 snail
Iselica globosa Lea 1843 snail
Turbonilla multicostata snail
Turbonilla uruguayensis snail
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Melanella sp. Bowdich 1822 snail | |
Bittiolum varium Pfeiffer 1840 cerith snail | |
Finella dubia d'Orbigny 1840 snail | |
Vitrinellidae indet. Bush 1897 snail | |
Heleobia cf. australis d'Orbigny 1837 snail | |
"Costoanachis sertulariarum" = Anachis (Costoanachis), Parvanachis sp.
"Costoanachis sertulariarum" = Anachis (Costoanachis) snail
Parvanachis sp. Radwin 1968 snail | |
Olivella sp., "Olivella tehuelcha" = Olivella (Olivina) tehuelchana
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
"Olivella tehuelcha" = Olivella (Olivina) tehuelchana d'Orbigny 1841 olive snail | |
Zidona dufresnei Donovan 1823 volute | |
Urosalpinx haneti Petit 1856 murex snail | |
Bostrycapulus odites Collin 2005 slipper shell
Crepidula protea d'Orbigny 1941 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell | |
Fargoa bushiana | |
Fargoa bushiana Bartsch 1909 | |
Scapharca brasiliana | |
Scapharca brasiliana Lamarck 1819 |