Locality 6, northeast Lanzarote (Holocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (29.1° N, 13.4° W: paleocoordinates 29.1° N, 13.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Flandrian STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: 1m beach

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: thin cemented limestones.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: midden

Primary reference: G. Lecointre, K. J. Tinkler, and H. G. Richards. 1967. The marine Quaternary of the Canary Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 119(8):325-344 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 128328: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 06.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
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Gastropoda
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patella lowei, Patella sp., "Patella gomesi" = Patella candei gomesii
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758 limpet
"Patella gomesi" = Patella candei gomesii Drouet 1858 limpet
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Gibbula cf. pennanti
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium atratum
Cerithium atratum Born 1778 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Purpura (Thais) haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma
"Purpura (Thais) haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella glabella
Marginella glabella Linnaeus 1758 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella rustica
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam