Locality 2 southern Lanzarote Island: Middle Pleistocene, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Eastonia rugosa
spelled with current rank as Standella (Eastonia)
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Vulgocerithium sp. Cossmann 1906
synonym of Thericium
Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière 1789
Zazo et al. 2001
recombined as Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus bubonius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus prometheus
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Zazo et al. 2001
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella rustica
Zazo et al. 2001
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea stercororia (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Trona stercoraria
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Nerita senegalensis
Gastropoda - Patellidae
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758
Zazo et al. 2001
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 28.8° North, 13.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.8° North, 13.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Chibanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Anfatian (= mid Pleistocene) Lecointre et al (1967); Zazo et al (2002): no geochronological dates, but probably Pleistocene age because their morphosedimentary features and faunal contents are similar to Pleistocene terraces. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: 35 m beach, base is usually 32 or 33m.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: coarse conglomerate with sandy bands. LITHIFICATION: Not stated, no figured specimens.
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:128325
Authorizer:J. Sessa, W. Kiessling Enterer:J. Sessa, M. Krause
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-06-06 07:20:51 Last modified:2012-06-05 17:41:55
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-06-06 07:20:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
41451. 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]

Secondary references:

58310 C. Zazo, J. L. Goy, C. J. Dabrio, T. Bardaj, C. Hillaire-Marcel, B. Ghaleb, J.-A. Gonzalez-Delgado and V. Soler. 2001. Pleistocene raised marine terraces of the Spanish Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts: Records of coastal uplift, sea-level highstands and climate changes. Marine Geology 194(1-2):103-133 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]