Where: Netherlands (52.3° N, 3.5° E: paleocoordinates 52.3° N, 3.5° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: AGE: Saalian = Late Pleistocene, presumably on the basis of microfossil biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 7-10 m below seabed.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: core,
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Primary reference: T. Meijer. 1983. Stratigraphical notes on Macoma (Bivalvia) in the southern part of the North Sea Basin and some remarks on the arrival of Pacific species. Scripta Geologica, Special Issue 2:297-312 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 98197: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.09.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Crenella decussata Montagu 1808 clam | |
"Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus, Mytilus edulis
"Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Mysella bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata
"Mysella bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata Montague 1803 clam | |
Spisula elliptica Brown 1827 clam | |
Cerastoderma glaucum Poiret 1789 cockle
Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Parvicardium scabrum Philippi 1844 cockle | |
Donax vittatus da Costa 1778 clam | |
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica, Macoma obliqua
"Macoma balthica" = Macoma (Macoma) balthica Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Macoma obliqua Sowerby 1817 tellin clam | |
Abra alba Wood 1802 abra | |
"Tridonta elliptica" = Astarte elliptica, "Tridonta borealis" = Astarte borealis, "Tridonta montagui" = Astarte montagui
"Tridonta elliptica" = Astarte elliptica Brown 1827 clam
"Tridonta borealis" = Astarte borealis Chemnitz 1784 clam
"Tridonta montagui" = Astarte montagui Dillwyn 1817 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gibbula cineraria Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Moelleria costulata Möller 1842 snail | |
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Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk | |
Oenopota turricula cone shell | |
"Peringia ulvae" = Hydrobia ulvae
"Peringia ulvae" = Hydrobia ulvae Pennat 1777 snail | |
Euspira poliana, "Acrybia islandica" = Bulbus
Euspira poliana moon snail
"Acrybia islandica" = Bulbus moon snail | |
Retusa obtusa Montagu 1808 snail |