Sudurnes Sample 1: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Iceland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Puncturella noachina
(Linnaeus 1771)
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9 individuals | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Margarites sp.
Gray 1847
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1 individual | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Lacuna vincta
(Montagu 1803)
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156 individuals | ||||||
Littorina sp.
Ferussac 1821
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6 individuals | ||||||
Littorina saxatilis
(Olivi 1792)
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13 individuals | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Skeneopsidae
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Skeneopsis planorbis
(Fabricius 1780)
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1 individual | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Lunatia pallida
(Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
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8 individuals | ||||||
recombined as Euspira pallida | |||||||
Tectonatica affinis
(Gmelin 1791)
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7 individuals | ||||||
recombined as Cryptonatica affinis | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Cingula sp.
Fleming 1818
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1 individual | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Buccinum undatum
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Oenopota pyramidalis
(Ström 1788)
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3 individuals | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus modiolus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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5 individuals | ||||||
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus | |||||||
Mytilus edulis
Linnaeus 1758
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12 individuals | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys islandica
(Müller 1776)
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3 individuals | ||||||
original and current combination Ostrea islandicus | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Heteranomia squamula
(Linnaeus 1758)
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7 individuals | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Macoma calcarea
(Gmelin 1792)
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3 individuals | ||||||
recombined as Macoma (Macoma) calcarea | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Myidae
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Mya truncata
Linnaeus 1758
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17 individuals | ||||||
recombined as Mya (Mya) truncata | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Hiatella arctica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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61 individuals | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Thyasiridae
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Thyasira cf. sarsi
(Philippi 1845)
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0.5 individuals | ||||||
recombined as Thyasira sarsii | |||||||
Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus balanus
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5 individuals | ||||||
Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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1.5 individuals | ||||||
Balanus crenatus
Bruguière 1789
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3 individuals | ||||||
Thecostraca
- Verrucomorpha
- Verrucidae
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Verruca stroemia
(Müller 1776)
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0.3 individuals | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Iceland |
Coordinates: | 64.2° North, 22.0° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 64.2° North, 22.0° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | local area |
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: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 2.5 meter above sea level, horizon S1 within glacialmarine deposit (no formation given) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | pebbly unlithified sandy "siliciclastic" |
Lithology description: Lenses with marine fossils, gravel with sand | |
Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
Glacial or sequence phase: | glacial |
Geology comments: glaciomarine deposit, deposited when glacier is in retreat |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:appears complete, with molluscs, barnacles, echinoids, and ostracods noted.
Unlike other collections in maunscript, forams not noted. Abundance counts determined as follows: whole gastropod shells and fragments with the top of the spire preserved were counted as individuals; valves (left or right) and umbonal fragments were counted and their number divided by 2. parietal plates of barnacles were counted and their number divided by 6 when dealing with Balanus and 4 when dealing with Verruca |
Metadata
Database number: | 75056 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Bulinski |
Modifier: | K. Bulinski | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-09-17 17:13:11 | Last modified: | 2007-09-17 20:48:55 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-09-17 17:13:11 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
25321. | J. Eiriksson, K.L. Knudsen, and L.A. Simonarson. 2004. Lateglacial oceanographic conditions off Southwest Iceland inferred from shallow-marine deposits in Reykjavik and Seltjarnarnes Peninsula. Boreas 33:269-283 [A. Miller/K. Bulinski] |