Galapagos Islands (Pleistocene of Ecuador)

Where: Ecuador (0.9° S, 91.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.9° S, 91.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; gravel

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. L. Finger, C. S. Hickman, M. J. James, J. H. Lipps, D. E. Peterson, L. J. Pitt, and W. D. Pitt. 2007. Pleistocene marine paleoenvironments on the Galapagos Islands. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 39(6):399 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 101992: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Otariidae indet. eared seal
sea lion
Aves
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
bird
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811 squamates
lizard
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Cirripedia
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unclassified
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Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
Foraminifera
 Foraminiferida -
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera d'Orbigny 1826 foram