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