Santa Maria Island, algal biostrome: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Thylaedus cf. ruglosus
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Echinodermata indet.
Klein 1754
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Mollusca indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polynices lacteus
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original and current combination Polinices | ||||||||||
Naticarius dillwyni
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Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Littorina striata
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa scrobiculator
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Coralliophila meyendorffi
(Calcara 1845)
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recombined as Coralliophila meyendorffii | ||||||||||
Ocinebrina aciculata
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Stramonita haemastoma
(Linnaeus 1767)
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recombined as Stramonita haemostoma | ||||||||||
Stramonita haemastoma haemastoma | ||||||||||
Morula nodulosa
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus ambiguus
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Conus cf. ermineus
Born 1778
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cantharus variegatus
(Gray 1839)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra cornea
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Gastropoda
- Caecidae
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Caecum cf. armoricum
de Folin 1869
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Rissoa guernei
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Cingula trifasciata
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium sp.
Bolten 1798
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Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella ulyssiponensis
Gmelin 1791
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Patella candei
d'Orbigny 1840
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Cylichnina sp.
Monterasato 1884
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spelled with current rank as Retusa (Cylichnina) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Calliostoma sp.
Swainson 1840
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Jujubinus pseudogravinae
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Haliotidae
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Haliotis tuberculata
Linnaeus 1758
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Haliotis tuberculata coccinea | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Laevicardium crassum
(Gmelin 1791)
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Parvicardium vroomi
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinella divaricata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Myoforceps aristatus
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spelled with current rank as Lithophaga (Myoforceps) | ||||||||||
Myoforceps aristata
(Dillwyn 1817)
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recombined as Lithophaga aristata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Neopycnodonte cf. cochlear
(Poli 1795)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima cf. lima
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Nodipecten corallinoides
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Arca tetragona
Poli 1795
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recombined as Tetrarca tetragona | ||||||||||
Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Lithophyllaceae
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Titanoderma pustulatum
(Lamouroux 1816)
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Lithophyllum incrustans
Philippi 1837
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Spongitaceae
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Spongites fruticulosus
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Neogoniolithon brassicaflorida
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Portugal | State/province: | Azores |
Coordinates: | 37.0° North, 25.1° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.0° North, 25.1° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: unit A2, MIS 5.5 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "reef rocks" |
Lithology description: algal biostrome | |
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Geology comments: shallow depths, probably less than 10 m |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Reef 3991 | ||
Database number: | 89618 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, J. Sessa | Enterer: | U. Merkel, J. Sessa |
Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2009-06-05 06:15:44 | Last modified: | 2009-07-08 03:40:31 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-01-08 10:39:56 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
30051. | fossil record | S. P. Ávila, P. Madeira, C. Zazo, A. Kroh, M. Kirby, C. Marques Silva, M. Cachao and A. M. Frias Martins. 2009. Palaeoecology of the Pleistocene (MIS 5) outcrops of Santa Maria Island (Azores) in a complex oceanic tectonic setting. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 274:18-31 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/S. Ávila] |
Secondary references:
41952 | S. P. Ávila, R. Amen, J. M. N. Azevedo, M. Cachão, and F. García-Talavera. 2002. Checklist of the Pleistocene marine molluscs of Prainha and Lagoinhas (Santa Maria Island, Azores). Açoreana 9:343-370 [J. Sessa/J. Sessa/S. Ávila] |