Where: Iceland (66.2° N, 17.2° W: paleocoordinates 66.2° N, 17.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Horizon 19 within the Serripes Zone of the Tjornes Sequence in Bardarson's Horizons.

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone

Collection methods: bulk

• Samples of 2-3kg were taken in Baroarson's horizons. Quantitative mollusc analyses were carried out on about 1kg of each sample by picking apart the material.

Primary reference: P. E. P. Norton. 1975. Unpublished census data for the Mollusca of the Tjornes sequence, Iceland. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79897: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 26.03.2008

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