Tungubakkar (Tjornes Horizon 10/3) (Pliocene of Iceland)

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 10/3 within the Mactra Zone of the Tjornes Sequence in Bardarson's Horizons.

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified conglomerate

• Deposits probably formed in very shallow water. Formed possible in rough conditions either intertidally or on a beach
• The deposit was a coarse gravel with fragments of Arctica and Lentidium

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 Unpublished census data for the Mollusca of the Tjornes sequence, Iceland.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 79974: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 31.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula arcuata
Spisula arcuata Sowerby 1817 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Lentidium complanatum
Lentidium complanatum Lamarck 1822 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel