Also known as Labrador Loc. 1
Where: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (54.3° N, 61.7° W: paleocoordinates 54.3° N, 61.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: No lithostratigraphic unit reported in text. From elevated beaches along coast in elevation to 265 ft above sea level, even up to 390 ft (Packard 1866, Daly 1902). AGE: Late Wisconsin (Richards 1940).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Collected by R.F. Flint, P. MacClintock, H. Johnson, A.K. Snelgrove, J. Wheeler, and others. Based on checklists of Richards (1940). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in various museums, possibly including the Academy of Natural Sciences, USNM, MCZ (Cambridge), and AMNH.
Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 66500: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.10.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Acmaea testudinalis" = Testudinalia testudinalis
"Acmaea testudinalis" = Testudinalia testudinalis Müller 1776 limpet | |
Lepeta caeca Müller 1776 limpet | |
"Turritella (Turritellopsis) erosa" = Tachyrhynchus erosus
"Turritella (Turritellopsis) erosa" = Tachyrhynchus erosus Couthouy 1838 turret shell | |
"Vermetus nigricans" = Petaloconchus nigricans
"Vermetus nigricans" = Petaloconchus nigricans Dall 1884 worm shell | |
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk | |
"Natica clausa" = Cryptonatica affinis, "Polinices groenlandicus" = Euspira pallida
"Natica clausa" = Cryptonatica affinis Gmelin 1791 moon snail
"Polinices groenlandicus" = Euspira pallida Broderip and Sowerby 1829 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana minuta Müller 1776 pointed nut clam | |
Astarte elliptica, "Astarte banksii" = Astarte montagui
Astarte elliptica Brown 1827 clam
"Astarte banksii" = Astarte montagui Dillwyn 1817 clam | |
"Venericardia borealis" = Cyclocardia borealis
"Venericardia borealis" = Cyclocardia borealis Conrad 1831 clam | |
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam | |
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus
"Serripes groenlandicus" = Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus Mohr 1786 cockle | |
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria, "Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Musculus nigra" = Musculus niger
"Musculus nigra" = Musculus niger Gray 1824 mussel | |
"Chlamys islandicus" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
"Chlamys islandicus" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica Müller 1776 scallop |