Sudurnes Sample 1: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Iceland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus 1771)
9 individuals
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Margarites sp. Gray 1847
1 individual
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Lacuna vincta (Montagu 1803)
156 individuals
Littorina sp. Ferussac 1821
6 individuals
Littorina saxatilis (Olivi 1792)
13 individuals
Gastropoda - Skeneopsidae
Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius 1780)
1 individual
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Lunatia pallida (Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
8 individuals
recombined as Euspira pallida
Tectonatica affinis (Gmelin 1791)
7 individuals
recombined as Cryptonatica affinis
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Cingula sp. Fleming 1818
1 individual
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758
1 individual
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Oenopota pyramidalis (Ström 1788)
3 individuals
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus 1758)
5 individuals
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758
12 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys islandica (Müller 1776)
3 individuals
original and current combination Ostrea islandicus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Heteranomia squamula (Linnaeus 1758)
7 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma calcarea (Gmelin 1792)
3 individuals
recombined as Macoma (Macoma) calcarea
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya truncata Linnaeus 1758
17 individuals
recombined as Mya (Mya) truncata
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus 1767)
61 individuals
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Thyasiridae
Thyasira cf. sarsi (Philippi 1845)
0.5 individuals
recombined as Thyasira sarsii
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus balanus
5 individuals
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778
1.5 individuals
Balanus crenatus Bruguière 1789
3 individuals
Thecostraca - Verrucomorpha - Verrucidae
Verruca stroemia (Müller 1776)
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]