Locality 4, near Berrugo: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium reticulatum (da Costa 1778)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella meta
Turritella ungulina
Turritella cf. torulosa Kiener 1843
Turritella bicingulata Lamarck 1822
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella cf. monilis
Marginella cf. oryza
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus mediterraneus Hwass 1792
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella rustica
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius argentea
Nassarius migra
Nassarius reticulatus
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma dubius
Monodonta tamsi
Trochus lineata
Gibbula umbilicalis
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo rugosus Linnaeus 1767
recombined as Bolma rugosus
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella nubecua
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita tankervillei
Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Gouldia minima (Montagu 1803)
recombined as Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
Meretrix (Pitar) tumens (Stenzel et al. 1957)
Tapes decussatus
Tapes senegalensis
Venerupis irus (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Irus irus
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777
Venus verrucosa
Pitaria floridella
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Loripes lacteus (Deshayes 1850)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca lactea Linnaeus 1767
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 28.9° North, 13.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.9° North, 13.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Ouljian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: "6m beach (6m above high tide); distinct from a 5m beach"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: limestone.
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:128327
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-06-06 07:51:02 Last modified:2012-06-05 17:45:20
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-06-06 07:51:02
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]