Eglisjota (Tjornes Horizon 3): Pliocene, Iceland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Cingula semicostata
(Montagu 1803)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Onoba semicostata | ||||||||||
| aculeus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Mytilus edulis
Linnaeus 1758
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium echinatum
Linnaeus 1767
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata | ||||||||||
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
| sensu lato | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Venerupis sp.
Lamarck 1818
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Venerupis cf. aurea
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Arctica islandica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Iceland |
| Coordinates: | 66.2° North, 17.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 66.2° North, 17.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Horizon 3 within the Tapes Zone of the Tjornes Sequence in Bardarson's Horizons. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: Deposits probably formed in very shallow water. They are most likely intertidal swash zone deposits or subtidal channel deposits. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk |
| Rock censused: | 1 kg |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Samples of 2-3kg were taken in Baroarson's horizons. Quantitative mollusc analyses were carried out on about 1kg of each sample by picking apart the material. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 79904 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | K. Bulinski |
| Modifier: | K. Bulinski | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-03-26 09:07:40 | Last modified: | 2008-03-26 11:11:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-03-26 09:07:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26591. | P. E. P. Norton. 1975. Unpublished census data for the Mollusca of the Tjornes sequence, Iceland. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |