Belmont Formation - Ferry Reach: Middle Pleistocene, Bermuda

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
Cerithium algicola Adams 1845
synonym of Cerithium eburneum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis decussatus (Gmelin 1791)
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia domingensis (Lamarck 1819)
recombined as Acar domingensis
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus americanus (Leach 1815)
[entered as Modiolus americanys]
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
Codakia costata (d'Orbigny 1846)
recombined as Parvilucina costata
Codakia orbiculata (Montagu 1808)
recombined as Ctena orbiculata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Americardia media (Linnaeaus 1758)
see common names

Geography
Country:Bermuda
Coordinates: 32.4° North, 64.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.4° North, 64.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.78100 - 0.12600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Belmont
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Belmont Formation, which lies between the Walsingham Fm (Early-Middle Pleistocene) and the Devonshire Fm (Late Pleistocene). THICKNESS: Unknown thickness of unit AGE: Shells are radiometrically dated to 300 Ka. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position with unit.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Complex shallow-marine, beach, and poorly developed dune calcarenites. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, presumed based on age and facies description (poorly developed, calcarenite).
Environment:foreshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, beach, and dune.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:ANSP
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: H.G. Richards and T. Skymer (June, 1967), B. Bitters (June, 1968), and previously S. B. Upchurch and L. Vacher. REPOSITORY: Dept. of Geology, Academy of Natural Sciences.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for Mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but identifications by specialists, with species level designations.
Metadata
Also known as:Loc. 17
Database number:67969
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-12-19 07:16:39 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:group members Released:2007-12-19 07:16:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

19423. H. G. Richards, R. T. Abbott, and T. Skymer. 1969. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of Bermuda. Notulae Naturae 425:1-10 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]