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)
• at a maximum height of 12 masl; age determination based on presumed equivalent deposits on other Canary Islands (Matas Blancas site on Fuerteventura ).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; conglomerate and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 128385: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 07.06.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Brachyodontes puniceus" = Brachidontes
"Brachyodontes puniceus" = Brachidontes mussel | |
Pecten jacobaeus scallop
Chlamys flexuosa scallop | |
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster | |
Glycymeris pilosa Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Codakia eburnea clam | |
Chama crenulata jewel box | |
Cardita senegalensis clam
Cardita aculeata clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Kleinella gruveli snail | |
"Astraea rugosa" = Bolma rugosus
"Astraea rugosa" = Bolma rugosus Linnaeus 1767 snail | |
Bittium reticulatum da Costa 1778 cerith snail | |
Cheilea equestris Linnaeus 1758 hoof shell | |
Polinices lacteus Guilding 1834 moon snail
Natica vittata moon snail | |
Strombus bubonius conch | |
Semicassis undulata snail | |
Bursa scrobiculator frog shell | |
"Cymatium trigonum" = Monoplex trigonus
"Cymatium trigonum" = Monoplex trigonus Gmelin 1791 triton shell | |
Zonaria zonata Chemnitz 1788 cowry | |
"Harpa rosea" = Harpa doris
"Harpa rosea" = Harpa doris Röding 1798 snail | |
Murex saxatilis murex snail
Nucella lapillus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
Hyalina deliciosa margin shell
Marginella glabella Linnaeus 1758 margin shell | |
Conus papilionaceus cone shell
"Conus testudinarius" = Conus (Chelyconus) testudinarius Martini 1773 cone shell
Conus mediterraneus Hwass 1792 cone shell | |
Clavatula sacerdos Reeve 1845 snail | |
Amyclina pfeifferi snail | |
Cantharus viverratus true whelk | |
Pyrene cribraria snail
Mitrella rac snail | |
"Latirus armatus" = Hemipolygona armata
"Latirus armatus" = Hemipolygona armata Adams 1855 snail | |
Littorina striata periwinkle | |
"Bivonia semisurrecta" = Vermetus (Bivonia)
"Bivonia semisurrecta" = Vermetus (Bivonia) worm shell | |
"Cerithium rupestre" = Cerithium (Thericium) rupestre
"Cerithium rupestre" = Cerithium (Thericium) rupestre Risso 1826 snail |