Where: Spain (28.1° N, 15.4° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 15.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Interpreted by Lecointre et al (1967) as Tyrrhenian I=Ouljian (Late Pleistocene). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Lecointre & Richards in 1962-1963
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: G. Lecointre and H.G. Richards, 1962-1963. REPOSITORY: Museo Canario, Las Palmas, Canary Islands.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 127358: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.05.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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•Meco et al (2002) are critical of the age assignment and taxonomic identifications of Lecointre et al, and suggest that these collections may be contaminated by archeological specimens: "possible errors caused by the mingling of fossils with archaeological remains consumer at the site, or perhaps by intricate synonyms that would be difficult to follow up, or because of incorrect taxonomical determinations, or inaccurate localities in museum collections."
Gastropoda | |
Patella lowei, Patella cf. lugubris, Patella sp., Patella oculus, Patella intermedia, "Patella safiana" = Patella nigra, "Patella gomesi" = Patella candei gomesii, Patella longicosta
Patella lowei limpet
Patella cf. lugubris limpet
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758 limpet
Patella oculus Born 1778 limpet
"Patella safiana" = Patella nigra da Costa 1771 limpet
"Patella gomesi" = Patella candei gomesii Drouet 1858 limpet
Patella longicosta Lamarck 1819 limpet | |
"Turbo rugosus" = Bolma rugosus
"Turbo rugosus" = Bolma rugosus Linnaeus 1767 snail | |
Monodonta sagittifera top snail
Monodonta tamsi top snail
Monodonta turbinata top snail
Gibbula umbilicalis top snail | |
Fissurella cf. mus Reeve 1850 snail | |
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
Mesalia mesal turret shell
Turritella meta turret shell
Turritella bicingulata Lamarck 1822 turret shell | |
Bittium reticulatum da Costa 1778 cerith snail | |
"Purpura (Thais) haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma, "Purpura (Acanthina) crassilabrum" = Crassilabrum crassilabrum, Murex tumulosus, Murex hoplites
"Purpura (Thais) haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail
"Purpura (Acanthina) crassilabrum" = Crassilabrum crassilabrum Sowerby 1834 murex snail
Murex tumulosus murex snail
Murex hoplites murex snail | |
Marginella miliacea margin shell
Marginella glabella Linnaeus 1758 margin shell | |
Nassarius tritoniformis snail | |
Columbella rustica snail | |
Conus prometheus cone shell
Conus mediterraneus Hwass 1792 cone shell | |
Trivia candidula Gaskoin 1836 snail | |
"Cypraea cf. lurida" = Luria lurida
"Cypraea cf. lurida" = Luria lurida Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Strombus bubonius conch | |
"Aporrhais pespelicani" = Aporrhais pespelecani
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"Cassis testiculus" = Cypraecassis testiculus
"Cassis testiculus" = Cypraecassis testiculus Linnaeus 1758 snail SUBSPECIES: Cassis testiculus senegalica
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Cymatium corrugatum, Cymatium costatum, Cymatium nodiferum, "Cymatium cutaceum" = Linatella caudata, Charonia nodifera
Cymatium corrugatum triton shell
Cymatium costatum triton shell
Cymatium nodiferum triton shell
"Cymatium cutaceum" = Linatella caudata Gmelin 1791 triton shell
Charonia nodifera triton | |
"Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) sp." = Thericium
"Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) sp." = Thericium Monterosato 1809 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Venus verrucosus venus clam
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Meretrix tumens venus clam | |
"Eastonia rugosa" = Standella (Eastonia)
"Eastonia rugosa" = Standella (Eastonia) clam | |
Cardium tuberculatum, "Cardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum Poli 1781 cockle | |
"Arca diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii, "Arca barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata
"Arca diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
"Arca barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |