YPM bulk sample - Anticosti Island: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Canada
collected by Schuchert

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Hemithirididae
Hemithyris psittacea (Gmelin 1790)
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus 1771)
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lepetidae
Lepeta caeca (Müller 1776)
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina saxatilis (Olivi 1792)
Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus 1758)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Bulbus fragilis (Leach 1819)
Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin 1791)
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Trichotropis borealis Broderip and Sowerby 1829
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758
Neptunea sp. Röding 1798
? Colus sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Propebela turricula (Montagu 1803)
Curtitoma violacea (Mighels and Adams 1842)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (Nuculana) minuta (Müller 1776)
recombined as Nuculana minuta
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia myalis Couthouy 1838
recombined as Yoldia (Yoldia) myalis
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus (Mytilus) edulis (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Mytilus edulis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) islandica (Müller 1776)
original and current combination Ostrea islandicus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Serripes groenlandicus Mohr 1786
recombined as Serripes (Serripes) groenlandicus
Goethemia pinnulata (Conrad 1831)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma (Macoma) balthica (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Liocyma fluctuosa (Gould 1841)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya (Mya) truncata (Linnaeus 1758)
Mya (Arenomya) arenaria (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis directus (Conrad 1844)
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia borealis (Conrad 1831)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte montagui (Dillwyn 1817)
Thecostraca
Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Newfoundland and Labrador
Coordinates: 49.5° North, 63.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.3° South, 41.8° 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: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic information. AGE: Assumed to be Late Pleistocene.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal unlithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fine grained lithology. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Very shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:4.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:YPM
Collectors:Schuchert
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Schuchert and others. REPOSITORY: YPM.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia, gastropoda, and cirripedia. TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Abbott (1970).
Metadata
Also known as:YPM-14
Database number:75526
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-10-15 15:54:36 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-10-15 15:54:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19909. A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]