Ironshore Formation, British West Indies, subreef (Pleistocene of Cayman Islands)

Also known as Reef 3752

Where: Cayman Islands (19.3° N, 81.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.3° N, 81.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ironshore Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• corals dated as 121 +/- 6 ka (Woodroffe et al. 1983)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. A. Cerridwen and B. Jones. 1991. Distribution of Bivalves and Gastropod in the Pleistocene Ironshore Formation, Grand Cayman, British West Indies. Caribbean Journal of Science 27(3-4):97-116 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80854: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 16.05.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp.
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium eburneum, Cerithium lutosum, Cerithium litteratum
Cerithium eburneum Bruguière 1792 cerith snail
Cerithium lutosum Menke 1828 cerith snail
Cerithium litteratum Born 1778 cerith snail
 Trochoidea - Phasianellidae
"Tricolia thalassicola" = Eulithidium thalassicola
"Tricolia thalassicola" = Eulithidium thalassicola Robertson 1958 snail
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Codakia costata" = Parvilucina costata, "Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis, Anodontia alba, "Linga pensylvanica" = Lucina pensylvanica, "Codakia orbiculata" = Ctena orbiculata
"Codakia costata" = Parvilucina costata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
Anodontia alba Link 1807 clam
"Linga pensylvanica" = Lucina pensylvanica Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Codakia orbiculata" = Ctena orbiculata Montagu 1808 clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia concentrica
Ervilia concentrica Holmes 1858 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Americardia guppyi
Americardia guppyi Thiele 1910 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Gouldia cerina, "Chione paphia" = Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia, Chione cancellata, Transennella gerrardi, Pitar fulminatus
Gouldia cerina Adams 1845 venus clam
"Chione paphia" = Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Pitar fulminatus venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta punctata
Diplodonta punctata Say 1822 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella martinicensis
Crassinella martinicensis d'Orbigny 1853 clam