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)
• 3 meter above sea level, horizon S2 within glacial marine 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 75057: 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
| Gastropoda | |
"Acmaea cf. testudinalis" = Testudinalia testudinalis
"Acmaea cf. testudinalis" = Testudinalia testudinalis Müller 1776 limpet | |
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Puncturella noachina Linnaeus 1771 puncturella | |
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Moelleria costulata Möller 1842 snail | |
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Skeneopsis planorbis Fabricius 1780 periwinkle | |
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Littorina sp. Ferussac 1821 periwinkle
Littorina saxatilis Olivi 1792 periwinkle
Littorina obtusata Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle
Lacuna vincta Montagu 1803 periwinkle | |
"Trophonopsis clathratus" = Boreotrophon clathratus
"Trophonopsis clathratus" = Boreotrophon clathratus Linnaeus 1767 murex snail | |
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Oenopota pyramidalis Ström 1788 cone shell | |
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Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
Colus sp. Röding 1798 true whelk | |
"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 | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Tridonta borealis" = Astarte borealis
"Tridonta borealis" = Astarte borealis Chemnitz 1784 clam | |
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
"Macoma calcarea" = Macoma (Macoma) calcarea Gmelin 1792 tellin clam | |
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Zirfaea crispata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata
"Mya truncata" = Mya (Mya) truncata Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
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Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus, Mytilus edulis
"Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Chlamys islandica" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica
"Chlamys islandica" = Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica Müller 1776 scallop | |
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Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
| Sedentaria | |
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Serpulidae sp. Rafinesque 1835 | |
| Thecostraca | |
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Balanus balanus barnacle
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Balanus crenatus Bruguière 1789 barnacle
Semibalanus balanoides barnacle | |
| Echinoidea | |
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Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Müller 1776 sea urchin | |