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: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Horizon 8/3 within the Mactra 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 Unpublished census data for the Mollusca of the Tjornes sequence, Iceland.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 79972: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 31.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Cyrtodaria angusta Nyst and Westendorp 1839 clam | |
Arctica islandica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Spisula arcuata Sowerby 1817 clam | |
Lentidium complanatum Lamarck 1822 clam |