Where: Spain (28.9° N, 13.8° W: paleocoordinates 28.9° N, 13.8° 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: Ouljian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: "6m beach (6m above high tide); distinct from a 5m beach"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
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 128327: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 06.06.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cardita tankervillei, "Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
Cardita tankervillei clam
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Loripes lacteus Deshayes 1850 clam | |
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima, Meretrix (Pitar) tumens, Pitaria floridella, Dosinia sp., Venus verrucosa, "Venerupis irus" = Irus irus, Tapes decussatus, Tapes senegalensis
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam
Meretrix (Pitar) tumens Stenzel et al. 1957 venus clam
Pitaria floridella venus clam
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam
Venus verrucosa venus clam
"Venerupis irus" = Irus irus Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Tapes decussatus venus clam
Tapes senegalensis venus clam | |
Arca lactea Linnaeus 1767 ark | |
Gastropoda | |
Fissurella nubecua snail | |
Monodonta tamsi top snail
Gibbula umbilicalis top snail
Trochus lineata top snail
Calliostoma dubius top snail | |
"Turbo rugosus" = Bolma rugosus
"Turbo rugosus" = Bolma rugosus Linnaeus 1767 snail | |
Bittium reticulatum da Costa 1778 cerith snail | |
Turritella meta turret shell
Turritella ungulina turret shell
Turritella bicingulata Lamarck 1822 turret shell
Turritella cf. torulosa Kiener 1843 turret shell | |
Columbella rustica snail | |
Conus mediterraneus Hwass 1792 cone shell | |
Marginella cf. monilis margin shell
Marginella cf. oryza margin shell |