Santa Maria Island, Praia A1: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Bittum latreillii
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Haliotidae
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Haliotis tuberculata
Linnaeus 1758
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| Haliotis tuberculata coccinea | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Jujubinus pseudogravinae
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Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella ulyssiponensis
Gmelin 1791
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Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Littorina striata
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polynices lacteus
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| original and current combination Polinices | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Setia subvaricosa
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cantharus variegatus
(Gray 1839)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus cf. ermineus
Born 1778
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Ocinebrina aciculata
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Stramonita haemastoma
(Linnaeus 1767)
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| recombined as Stramonita haemostoma | ||||||||||
| Stramonita haemastoma haemastoma | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Arca tetragona
Poli 1795
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| recombined as Tetrarca tetragona | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Ervilia castanea
(Montagu 1803)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita calyculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Cardita (Cardita) calyculata | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Portugal | State/province: | Azores |
| Coordinates: | 37.0° North, 25.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.1° North, 25.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: unit A1, MIS 5.5; 13 vertical profiles | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified calcareous conglomerate |
| Lithology description: strongly cemented calcareous fossiliferous basal-conglomerate (unit A1) which thickness strongly varies along the outcrop, reaching a maximum of 0.4 m. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 128466 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-06-09 04:18:34 | Last modified: | 2012-06-08 14:25:48 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-06-09 04:18:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 41952. | S. P. Ávila, R. Amen, J. M. N. Azevedo, M. Cachão, and F. García-Talavera. 2002. Checklist of the Pleistocene marine molluscs of Prainha and Lagoinhas (Santa Maria Island, Azores). Açoreana 9:343-370 [J. Sessa/J. Sessa/S. Ávila] |