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

Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
bird
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Squamata indet. squamates
lizard
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Otariidae
Otariidae indet. eared seal
sea lion
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
unclassified
  -
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Cirripedia
  -
Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Foraminifera
 Foraminiferida -
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram