Where: Iceland (64.2° N, 22.0° W: paleocoordinates 64.2° N, 22.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 2.5 meter above sea level, horizon S1 within glacialmarine deposit (no formation given)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, pebbly, sandy siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: J. Eiriksson, K.L. Knudsen, and L.A. Simonarson. 2004. Lateglacial oceanographic conditions off Southwest Iceland inferred from shallow-marine deposits in Reykjavik and Seltjarnarnes Peninsula. Boreas 33:269-283 [A. Miller/K. Bulinski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75056: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 17.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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•Unlike other collections in maunscript, forams not noted.
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•Abundance counts determined as follows:
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•whole gastropod shells and fragments with the top of the spire preserved were counted as individuals; valves (left or right) and umbonal fragments were counted and their number divided by 2. parietal plates of barnacles were counted and their number divided by 6 when dealing with Balanus and 4 when dealing with Verruca
Thecostraca | |
Verruca stroemia Müller 1776 barnacle | |
Balanus balanus barnacle
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Balanus crenatus Bruguière 1789 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
"Thyasira cf. sarsi" = Thyasira sarsii
"Thyasira cf. sarsi" = Thyasira sarsii Philippi 1845 clam | |
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Chlamys islandica" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
"Chlamys islandica" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica Müller 1776 scallop | |
Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Mytilus edulis, "Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
"Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Lacuna vincta Montagu 1803 periwinkle
Littorina sp. Ferussac 1821 periwinkle
Littorina saxatilis Olivi 1792 periwinkle | |
Skeneopsis planorbis Fabricius 1780 periwinkle | |
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk | |
Oenopota pyramidalis Ström 1788 cone shell | |
Cingula sp. Fleming 1818 snail | |
"Tectonatica affinis" = Cryptonatica affinis, "Lunatia pallida" = Euspira pallida
"Tectonatica affinis" = Cryptonatica affinis Gmelin 1791 moon snail
"Lunatia pallida" = Euspira pallida Broderip and Sowerby 1829 moon snail | |
Margarites sp. Gray 1847 snail | |
Puncturella noachina Linnaeus 1771 puncturella |