Las Palmas 12 masl: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Spain
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachyodontes puniceus
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original and current combination Brachidontes | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Hyotissa hyotis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima lima
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys flexuosa
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Pecten jacobaeus
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Meco 1982 | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris pilosa
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita senegalensis
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Cardita aculeata
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Meco 1982 | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama crenulata
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Codakia eburnea
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Kleinella gruveli
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Gastropoda
- Campanilidae
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Cerithium rupestre
Risso 1826
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recombined as Cerithium (Thericium) rupestre | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Cheilea equestris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Littorina striata
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus bubonius
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella glabella
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Hyalina deliciosa
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex saxatilis
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Nucella lapillus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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Harpa rosea
Lamarck 1816
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replaced by Harpa doris | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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Clavatula sacerdos
(Reeve 1845)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus papilionaceus
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Conus mediterraneus
Hwass 1792
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Conus testudinarius
Martini 1773
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recombined as Conus (Chelyconus) testudinarius | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Amyclina pfeifferi
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Pyrene cribraria
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Mitrella rac
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cantharus viverratus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus armatus
Adams 1855
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recombined as Hemipolygona armata | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa scrobiculator
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Semicassis undulata
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Cymatium trigonum
(Gmelin 1791)
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recombined as Monoplex trigonus | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Zonaria zonata
(Chemnitz 1788)
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Bivonia semisurrecta
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spelled with current rank as Vermetus (Bivonia) | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica vittata
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Polinices lacteus
(Guilding 1834)
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Bittium reticulatum
(da Costa 1778)
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Astraea rugosa
(Linnaeus 1767)
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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] |