Kambsgja (Tjornes Horizon 19 main): Pleistocene, Iceland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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7 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica pallida
Broderip and Sowerby 1829
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2 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Euspira pallida | ||||||||||
Natica sp.
Scopoli 1777
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20 individuals | |||||||||
Natica clausa
Broderip and Sowerby 1829
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20 individuals | |||||||||
synonym of Cryptonatica affinis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Littorina rudis
(Maton 1797)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
synonym of Littorina saxatilis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Admete viridula
(Fabricius 1780)
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9 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Buccinum undatum
Linnaeus 1758
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius tjornesensis
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7 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Columbella alba
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Sipho olavii
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2 individuals | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Trophon (Sipho) | ||||||||||
incl. var. morchi | ||||||||||
Trophon clathratus
(Linnaeus 1767)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Boreotrophon clathratus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Bela rugulata
(Reeve 1846)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Propebela rugulata | ||||||||||
Bela decussata
(Couthouy 1839)
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13 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Curtitoma decussata | ||||||||||
subspecies tjornesensis | ||||||||||
Bela borealis
(Reeve 1846)
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51 individuals | |||||||||
synonym of Curtitoma decussata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Cyrtodaria angusta
Nyst and Westendorp 1839
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Lentidium sp.
Cristofori 1832
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Lentidium complanatum
(Lamarck 1822)
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9 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Mya sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Pygocardia rustica
(Sowerby 1818)
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9 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Macoma sp.
Leach 1819
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Macoma calcarea
(Gmelin 1792)
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27 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Macoma (Macoma) calcarea | ||||||||||
Macoma praetenuis
(Leathes in Woodward 1830)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Serripes groenlandicus
Mohr 1786
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14 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia borealis
(Conrad 1831)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Cyclocardia borealis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte sp.
Sowerby 1816
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus edulis
Linnaeus 1758
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2 individuals | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Iceland |
Coordinates: | 66.2° North, 17.2° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 66.2° North, 17.1° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Horizon 19 within the Serripes Zone of the Tjornes Sequence in Bardarson's Horizons. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Geology comments: Deposits probably formed in very shallow water. They are most likely intertidal swash zone deposits or subtidal channel deposits. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk |
Rock censused: | 1 kg |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Collection method comments: Samples of 2-3kg were taken in Baroarson's horizons. Quantitative mollusc analyses were carried out on about 1kg of each sample by picking apart the material. |
Metadata
Database number: | 79897 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Bulinski | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-03-26 08:30:21 | Last modified: | 2008-03-26 10:30:21 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-03-26 08:30:21 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26591. | P. E. P. Norton. 1975. Unpublished census data for the Mollusca of the Tjornes sequence, Iceland. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |