Where: Ecuador (0.4° S, 90.3° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 92.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which stratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Pliocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: White and yellowish tuffaceous strata interbedded
•with lava.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, tuffaceous, white, yellow siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Hertlein in 1932; reposited in the CAS
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,
• COLLECTOR: L.G. Hertlein, 1932. REPOSITORY: CAS.
Primary reference: L. G. Hertlein. 1972. Pliocene fossils from Baltra (South Seymour) Island, Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 39(3):25-46 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96596: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
Encope micropora Agassiz 1841 sand dollar | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus capax Conrad 1837 mussel | |
"Arca (Arcopsis) solida" = Arcopsis solida
"Arca (Arcopsis) solida" = Arcopsis solida Sowerby I 1833 clam | |
Glycymeris maculata Broderip 1832 clam | |
Barbatia reeveana d'Orbigny 1846 clam | |
"Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon, Ostrea sp.
"Ostrea megodon" = Undulostrea megodon Hanley 1846 oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Atrina cf. tuberculosa oyster | |
Pecten (Pecten) slevini, Argopecten ventricosus, "Chlamys (Nodipecten) magnifica" = Nodipecten magnificus
Pecten (Pecten) slevini Dall and Oschner 1928 scallop
Argopecten ventricosus Sowerby 1842 calico scallop
"Chlamys (Nodipecten) magnifica" = Nodipecten magnificus Sowerby 1835 scallop | |
Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny 1846 jingle | |
Ctena galapagana Dall 1901 clam | |
"Cardium elenense" = Laevicardium substriatum
"Cardium elenense" = Laevicardium substriatum Conrad 1837 cockle | |
Cumingia cf. lamellosa Sowerby 1833 clam | |
Tagelus sp. Gray 1847 clam | |
"Florimetis cognata" = Psammotreta (Leporimetis) cognata
"Florimetis cognata" = Psammotreta (Leporimetis) cognata Pilsbry and Vanatta 1902 tellin clam | |
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"Protothaca (Tropithaca) grata" = Leukoma grata, "Nioche cf. zorritensis" = Leukoma metodon, Protothaca (Tropithaca) cf. seymourensis, Chione undatella, Megapitaria cf. aurantiaca
"Protothaca (Tropithaca) grata" = Leukoma grata Say 1831 venus clam
"Nioche cf. zorritensis" = Leukoma metodon Pilsbry and Lowe 1932 venus clam
Protothaca (Tropithaca) cf. seymourensis Dall and Oschner 1928 venus clam
Chione undatella Sowerby I 1835 venus clam
Megapitaria cf. aurantiaca Sowerby 1831 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbo vermiculosus Dall and Oschner 1928 snail
Turbo agonistes Dall and Oschner 1928 snail | |
Tegula snodgrassi snail
Tegula forbesi Dall and Oschner 1928 snail | |
Bulla punctulata Adams 1850 snail | |
Cylichna cf. defuncta snail
Acteocina infrequens Adams 1852 barrel-bubble | |
"Odostomia (Chrysallida) rinella" = Chrysallida, Pyramidella (Triptychus) cf. olssoni, Pyramidella (Voluspa) sp., "Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) houseri" = Chemnitzia, Iselica cf. kochi, "Odostomia (Miralda) galapagensis" = Miralda, Odostomia (Menestho) aequisculpta
"Odostomia (Chrysallida) rinella" = Chrysallida snail
Pyramidella (Voluspa) sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
"Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) houseri" = Chemnitzia snail
Iselica cf. kochi snail
"Odostomia (Miralda) galapagensis" = Miralda snail | |
Pedipes angulatus snail | |
Gastrocopta munita slug | |
Nerita oligopleura Dall and Oschner 1928 snail | |
Balcis cf. berryi snail | |
Alaba supralirata Carpenter 1857 snail | |
Modulus cerodes snail | |
Cerithium adustum cerith snail | |
Vermicularia eburnea, "Turritella broderipiana" = Turritella (Broderiptella) broderipiana
Vermicularia eburnea Reeve 1842 turret shell
"Turritella broderipiana" = Turritella (Broderiptella) broderipiana d'Orbigny 1840 turret shell SUBSPECIES: Turritella broderipiana marmorata
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Tectarius galapagensis periwinkle | |
Polinices uber Valenciennes 1821 moon snail
Polinices dubius Récluz 1843 moon snail | |
Hipponix pilosus hoof shell | |
Rissoina cf. firmata, Rissoina signae, Alvania cf. galapagensis, Alvania cf. halia, Alvania cf. hoodensis, Alvania cf. nemo
Rissoina cf. firmata snail
Rissoina signae snail
Alvania cf. galapagensis snail
Alvania cf. halia snail
Alvania cf. hoodensis snail
Alvania cf. nemo snail | |
"Amphithalmus trosti" = Amphithalamus
"Amphithalmus trosti" = Amphithalamus snail | |
"Trivia pacifica" = Niveria (Niveria) pacifica, "Trivia radians" = Pusula radians
"Trivia pacifica" = Niveria (Niveria) pacifica Gray 1832 snail
"Trivia radians" = Pusula radians Lamarck 1810 snail | |
"Cypraea nigropunctata" = Pseudozonaria nigropunctata
"Cypraea nigropunctata" = Pseudozonaria nigropunctata Gray 1828 cowry | |
"Erato (Hespererato) marginata" = Hespererato (Hespererato) marginata
"Erato (Hespererato) marginata" = Hespererato (Hespererato) marginata Morch 1860 snail SUBSPECIES: Erato (Hespererato) marginata galapagensis
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Anachis cf. tabogaensis, Pyrene fuscata, Pyrene haemastoma, "Strombina gibberula" = Sincola (Dorsina) gibberula
Anachis cf. tabogaensis snail
Pyrene fuscata snail
Pyrene haemastoma snail
"Strombina gibberula" = Sincola (Dorsina) gibberula Sowerby 1832 snail | |
Nassarius nodicinctus Adams 1852 snail | |
Fusinus dupetitthouarsii snail | |
"Cancellaria cf. ovata" = Cancellaria (Cancellaria) ovata
"Cancellaria cf. ovata" = Cancellaria (Cancellaria) ovata Sowerby 1832 snail | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Conus cf. lucidus cone shell
Conus fergusoni Sowerby 1875 cone shell | |
Cytharella camarina snail
Mangelia cf. hancocki Hertlein and Strong 1939 snail | |
Granulina margaritida snail
Persicula imbricata snail
Persicula cf. phrygia snail
Persicula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Volvarina taeniolata Mörch 1860 margin shell
Granula cf. minor margin shell
Granula cf. polita margin shell
Granula sp. Jousseaume 1875 margin shell | |
Triphora cf. panamensis snail | |
Cerithiopsis curtata snail |