Las Palmas 12 masl: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Spain

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachyodontes puniceus
original and current combination Brachidontes
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa hyotis (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima lima (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys flexuosa
Pecten jacobaeus
Meco 1982
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris pilosa (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita senegalensis
Cardita aculeata
Meco 1982
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama crenulata
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia eburnea
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Kleinella gruveli
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Cerithium rupestre Risso 1826
recombined as Cerithium (Thericium) rupestre
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina striata
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus bubonius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella glabella (Linnaeus 1758)
Hyalina deliciosa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex saxatilis
Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Harpa rosea Lamarck 1816
replaced by Harpa doris
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Clavatula sacerdos (Reeve 1845)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus papilionaceus
Conus mediterraneus Hwass 1792
Conus testudinarius Martini 1773
recombined as Conus (Chelyconus) testudinarius
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Amyclina pfeifferi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Pyrene cribraria
Mitrella rac
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus viverratus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus armatus Adams 1855
recombined as Hemipolygona armata
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa scrobiculator
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Semicassis undulata
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium trigonum (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Monoplex trigonus
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Zonaria zonata (Chemnitz 1788)
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Bivonia semisurrecta
spelled with current rank as Vermetus (Bivonia)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica vittata
Polinices lacteus (Guilding 1834)
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium reticulatum (da Costa 1778)
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astraea rugosa (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Bolma rugosus
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 28.1° North, 15.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.1° North, 15.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: at a maximum height of 12 masl; age determination based on presumed equivalent deposits on other Canary Islands (Matas Blancas site on Fuerteventura ).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: conglomerates and sandstones
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:List is only certain molluscs: "species that do not present a climatically significant ecology (cosmopolitan species, species with a geographic biodistribution in both the north and south Atlantic, rare endemic Canarian species) are not mentioned in this work."
Metadata
Database number:128385
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:J. Sessa
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-06-07 03:33:12 Last modified:2012-06-06 12:33:12
Access level:authorizer only Released:2014-06-07 03:33:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41925. J. Meco, H. Guillou, J.-C. Carracedo, A. Lomoschitz, A.-J. G. Ramos and J.-J. Rodriguez-Yanez. 2002. The maximum warmings of the Pleistocene world climate recorded in the Canary Islands. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 185:197-210 [J. Sessa/J. Sessa]

Secondary references:

41928 J. Meco. 1982. Los Bivalvos fosiles de las Canarias orientale. Anuario de estudios atlánticos 28:65-125 [J. Sessa/J. Sessa]