Where: Iceland (66.2° N, 17.2° W: paleocoordinates 66.2° N, 17.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Horizon 5/c within the Tapes Zone of the Tjornes Sequence in Bardarson's Horizons.
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone
Collection methods: bulk
• 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.
Primary reference: P. E. P. Norton. 1975. Unpublished census data for the Mollusca of the Tjornes sequence, Iceland. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79910: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Kate Bulinski on 26.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail | |
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail | |
Cingula sp. Fleming 1818 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Cerastoderma cf. edule, "Cardium aff. ciliatum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum
Cerastoderma cf. edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium aff. ciliatum" = Clinocardium (Ciliatocardium) ciliatum Fabricius 1780 cockle | |
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra | |
Venerupis sp. Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Venerupis aurea venus clam |