Puna Island: Pliocene, Ecuador
collected by Boggs & Olsson 1937
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella goniostoma
(Valenciennes 1832)
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| original and current combination Turritella gonostoma | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva undatella
Lamarck 1810
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| recombined as Oliva (Strephonella) undatella | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cantharus elegans
(Guppy 1866)
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| recombined as Antillophos elegans | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria corrugata
Hinds 1843
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| recombined as Massyla corrugata | ||||||||||
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Cancellaria bulbulus
Sowerby 1832
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| recombined as Cancellaria (Pyruclia) bulbulus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices rapulum
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| SUBSPECIES: Polinices rapulum limi | ||||||||||
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= Polinices (Polinices) limi
Pilsbry 1931
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Keen 1971 | |||||||||
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Natica unifasciata
Lamarck 1822
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| recombined as Natica (Naticarius) unifasciata | ||||||||||
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Natica catenata
Philippi 1853
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| synonym of Natica (Natica) grayi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia guayasensis
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium procerum
Sowerby 1833
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| recombined as Mexicardia procera | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax punaensis
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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| synonym of Donax (Paradonax) gracilis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia reversa
(Sowerby 1833)
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| SUBSPECIES: Noetia reversa magma | ||||||||||
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= Noetia (Noetia) magna
MacNeil 1938
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Keen 1971 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca cf. zorritoensis
Spieker 1922
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| recombined as Anadara (Cunearca) zorritoensis | ||||||||||
| [entered as Arca zorritensis] | ||||||||||
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Arca emarginata
Sowerby 1833
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| recombined as Anadara (Rasia) emarginata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia peruviana
d'Orbigny 1846
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten nelsoni
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Ecuador |
| Coordinates: | 2.8° South, 80.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.0° South, 79.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| 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
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Authors state that the presence of certain extinct species suggest that a Pliocene age is more likely than a Pleistocene age. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Fossils occur in a silty sand, from an unknown part of the succession. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification",red or brown unlithified silty,carbonaceous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Silty sands, rusty-colored, containing lignitic debris, sometimes cross-bedded. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow water and sand beach types. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Bioerosion: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Boggs & Olsson | Collection dates: | 1937 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Boggs, O.D. and Olsson, A.A., 1937. RESPOSITORY: | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for Mollusca, although further collection should lengthen faunal list. REPOSITORY: Presumably the ANSP. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Isla Puná | ||
| Database number: | 97638 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-08-17 14:28:18 | Last modified: | 2020-08-03 06:30:29 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-08-17 14:28:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information