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A new Pliocene mollusk fauna from Mejillones, northern Chile

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A new Pliocene (3.4 Ma) mollusk fauna from Mejillones Peninsula, northern Chile is described and compared with the Pliocene La Cueva fauna of little constrained age from central Chile and some species from the Huenteguapi Sandstone overlying the Ranquil Formation on Arauco Peninsula, south central Chile. Preliminary correlation is based on faunal similarities. A total of 45 taxa were identified, of which Cyclocardia kieli sp. nov. is new to science. New combinations are Macron escalonia (Vermeij and DeVries, 1997), Austrofusus steinmanni (Möricke, 1896) and Leukoma antiqua (King, 1832). For several species, the oldest occurrences and range extensions are reported. Co-occurrence of warm water taxa, previously assigned to MIS 11, and typical Pliocene taxa on Mejillones cannot be confirmed. Pliocene and Pleistocene mollusk faunas from Mejillones are listed for comparison.

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Eine neue pliozäne (3,4 Ma) Molluskenfauna von der Halbinsel Mejillones in Nordchile wird beschrieben und mit der ungenügend datierten pliozänen La Cueva-Formation aus Zentralchile und einigen Taxa aus dem Huenteguapi-Sandstein, welcher die Ranquil-Formation auf der Halbinsel Arauco im südlichen Zentralchile überlagert, verglichen. Die vorläufige Korrelation basiert auf faunalen Ähnlichkeiten. Insgesamt wurden 45 Taxa unterschieden, wovon Cyclocardia kieli sp. nov. eine neue Art ist. Neue Kombinationen sind Macron escalonia (Vermeij and DeVries, 1997), Austrofusus steinmanni (Möricke, 1896) und Leukoma antiqua (King, 1832). Für verschiedene Arten werden die ältesten Nachweise und geographische Reichweiten erweitert. Ein gemeinsames Vorkommen von Warmwasserarten, welche dem MIS 11 zugerechnet wurden, und typisch pliozänen Arten auf Mejillones kann nicht bestätigt werden. Pliozäne und pleistozäne Molluskenfaunen von Mejillones werden zum Vergleich aufgelistet.

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David Rubilar-Rogers and especially the late Daniel Frassinetti (MNHN Santiago, Chile) granted access to the collections under their care. Max Rademacher (CAU Kiel) did most of the macrofossil photos and Ute Schuldt (CAU Kiel) the SEM images. Reviews by Tom DeVries and Matthias Harzhauser are gratefully acknowledged. Research was funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) grant Ni699/4 to SNN and FONDECYT no. 1110582 to Marcelo Rivadeneira (CEAZA Coquimbo, Chile).

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Nielsen, S.N. A new Pliocene mollusk fauna from Mejillones, northern Chile. Paläontol Z 87, 33–66 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-012-0146-0

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