Where: Argentina (55.9° S, 67.5° W: paleocoordinates 55.9° S, 67.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From mid-Holocene marine deposits. Stratigraphic relatonships unknown. THICKNESS: From several beds within upper 200 cm of sediment. AGE: Mid-Holocene. One reported C-14 date of 4790 +/- years before present. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From several beds within local area.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, pebbly sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• COLLECTOR: Presumably collected by the author, S. Gordillo (Becaria del Conicet, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego). REPOSITORY: Repository unknown.
Primary reference: S. Gordillo. 1991. Paleoecologia de moluscos marinos del Holoceno medio de Isla Gable, Canal Beagle, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Ameghiniana 28(1-2):127-133 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 65823: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Hiatella solida Sowerby 1834 clam | |
Mulinia edulis King 1831 clam | |
Brachidontes purpuratus mussel
"Aulacomya ater" = Aulacomya atra Molina 1782 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
"Patinigera deaurata" = Nacella (Patinigera)
"Patinigera deaurata" = Nacella (Patinigera) limpet | |
Siphonaria lessoni pulmonate | |
"Calyptraea pileolus" = Trochita pileolus, Crepipatella dilatata
"Calyptraea pileolus" = Trochita pileolus d'Orbigny 1841 slipper shell
Crepipatella dilatata Lamarck 1822 slipper shell | |
Trophon muriciformis König 1831 murex snail
"Trophon geversianus" = Trophon geversianum Pallas 1774 murex snail
Acanthina imbricata unicorn | |
Adelomelon ancilla Lightfoot 1786 volute | |
"Falsilunatia limbata" = Natica limbata
"Falsilunatia limbata" = Natica limbata d'Orbigny 1837 moon snail | |
Margarella violacea top snail |